Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Bulgaria, European Union
National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Bulgaria
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa, Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Institute for the Bulgarian language
Interesting Facts
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
- The only Slavic language which has lost all its grammatical cases is Bulgarian.
- The first Slavic language to be written was Bulgarian in 9th century.
Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Macedonian language
Derived From
Arabic Language
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Habari
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
Thank You
Asante
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
How Are You?
Habari gani?
Как си? (Kak si?)
Good Night
Usiku mwema
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
Good Evening
Habari za jioni
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
Please
tafadhali
Моля (Molja)
Sorry
pole
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
Bye
bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)
I Love You
nakupenda
Обичам те (Običam te)
Excuse Me
Samahani
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Dialect 1
Kiunguja
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
Bulgaria
Dialect 2
Kimrima
Panagyurishte
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
Bulgaria
Where They Speak
Kilwa
Bulgaria
Native Name
Kiswahili
български (bãlgarski)
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Balgarski
French Name
swahili
bulgare
German Name
Swahili
Bulgarisch
Pronunciation
[swaˈhili]
[ˈbɤɫɡɐrski]
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
Bulgarian people
Origin
6th century
9th Century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Slavic
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
Standard Forms
Swahili
Standard Bulgarian
Signed Forms
Swahili Sign Language
Bulgarian Sign Language
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
Glottocode
swah1254
bulg1262
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
53-AAA-hb
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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All Swahili and Bulgarian 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 Bulgarian dialects. Various dialects of Swahili and Bulgarian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Swahili are spoken in different Swahili Speaking Countries whereas Bulgarian Dialects are spoken in different Bulgarian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Swahili vs Bulgarian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Swahili dialects include: Kiunguja, Kimrima. Bulgarian dialects include: Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo , Panagyurishte. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Swahili and Bulgarian Speaking population
Swahili and Bulgarian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swahili and Bulgarian languages can be compared. The total count of Swahili and Bulgarian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swahili language is 0.42 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Bulgarian language is 0.21 %. 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 Bulgarian on Swahili vs Bulgarian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Swahili and Bulgarian Language Codes
Swahili and Bulgarian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Swahili and Bulgarian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.