Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Austria
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania
Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics
Interesting Facts
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
- In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
- Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Serbain and Bosnian
Derived From
Arabic Language
Church Slavonic
Alphabets in
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Croatian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
Habari gani?
kako si
Good Night
Usiku mwema
laku noć
Good Evening
Habari za jioni
dobra večer
Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
dobar dan
Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
dobro jutro
I Love You
nakupenda
Volim te
Excuse Me
Samahani
Ispričavam se
Dialect 1
Kiunguja
Chakavian
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
Croatia
Dialect 2
Kimrima
Chakavian
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
Croatia
Dialect 3
Kimgao
Shtokavian
Where They Speak
Kilwa
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania
Native Name
Kiswahili
hrvatski
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Hrvatski
French Name
swahili
croate
German Name
Swahili
Kroatisch
Pronunciation
[swaˈhili]
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
Croats
Origin
6th century
9th century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Swahili
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian
Signed Forms
Swahili Sign Language
Croatian Sign Language
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
Glottocode
swah1254
croa1245
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
part of 53-AAA-g
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional, Synthetic
All Swahili and Croatian 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 Croatian dialects. Various dialects of Swahili and Croatian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Swahili are spoken in different Swahili Speaking Countries whereas Croatian Dialects are spoken in different Croatian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Swahili vs Croatian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Swahili dialects include: Kiunguja, Kimrima. Croatian dialects include: Chakavian , Chakavian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Swahili and Croatian Speaking population
Swahili and Croatian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swahili and Croatian languages can be compared. The total count of Swahili and Croatian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swahili language is 0.42 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Croatian language is 89.00 %. 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 Croatian on Swahili vs Croatian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Swahili and Croatian Language Codes
Swahili and Croatian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Swahili and Croatian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.