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Swahili
Swahili

Albanian
Albanian



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Countries

Countries

African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe

Total No. Of Countries

42
0 46
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National Language

Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia

Speaking Continents

Africa
Europe

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania

Regulated By

Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana

Interesting Facts

  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
  • Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
  • 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.

Similar To

Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Romanian

Derived From

Arabic Language
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2436
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

57
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2129
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

35
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

36 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Habari
Përshëndetje

Thank You

Asante
Ju faleminderit

How Are You?

Habari gani?
Si jeni?

Good Night

Usiku mwema
natën e mirë

Good Evening

Habari za jioni
mirëmbrëma

Good Afternoon

nzuri Alasiri
mirëdita

Good Morning

Habari za asubuhi
mirëmengjes

Please

tafadhali
Ju lutem

Sorry

pole
Me fal

Bye

bye
mirupafshim

I Love You

nakupenda
unë e dua ju

Excuse Me

Samahani
Më falni

Dialects

Dialect 1

Kiunguja
Gheg Albanian

Where They Speak

Zanzibar island
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia

How Many People Speak

75,000,000.003,400,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Kimrima
Tosk Albanian

Where They Speak

Dar es Salaam
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey

How Many People Speak

75,000,000.001,800,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Kimgao
Arbëresh

Where They Speak

Kilwa
Italy

How Many People Speak

75,000,000.00100,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

124
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

150.00 million7.50 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.42 %0.11 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

15.00 million3.10 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

75.00 million3.60 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Kiswahili
shqip / gjuha shqipe

Alternative Names

Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Shqip

French Name

swahili
albanais

German Name

Swahili
Albanisch

Pronunciation

[swaˈhili]
[ʃcip]

Ethnicity

Swahili people or Waswahili
Albanians

History

Origin

6th century
1462 AD

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Benue-Congo
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Branch

Bantu
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Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Old Albanian

Standard Forms

Swahili
Standard Albanian

Language Position

2114
1 120
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Signed Forms

Swahili Sign Language
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)

Scope

Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

sw
sq

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

swa
sqi

ISO 639 2/B

swa
alb

ISO 639 3

swa
sqi

ISO 639 6

swa
sqi

Glottocode

swah1254
alba1267

Linguasphere

99-AUS-m
55-AAA-aaa

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

-
Synthetic

Swahili and Albanian Alphabets

Swahili and Albanian Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Swahili and Albanian. In Swahili Alphabets there are 24 letters while in Albanian Alphabets there are 36 letters. To learn Swahili and Albanian languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Swahili and Albanian languages. The Swahili phonology consist Swahili vowels and Swahili consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Swahili greetings vs Albanian greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Swahili and Albanian are Most Spoken Languages.

All Swahili and Albanian Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Swahili and Albanian dialects. Various dialects of Swahili and Albanian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Swahili are spoken in different Swahili Speaking Countries whereas Albanian Dialects are spoken in different Albanian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Swahili vs Albanian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Swahili dialects include: Kiunguja, Kimrima. Albanian dialects include: Gheg Albanian , Tosk Albanian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Swahili and Albanian Speaking population

Swahili and Albanian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swahili and Albanian languages can be compared. The total count of Swahili and Albanian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swahili language is 0.42 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Albanian language is 0.11 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Swahili and Albanian on Swahili vs Albanian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Swahili and Albanian Language Codes

Swahili and Albanian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Swahili and Albanian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.