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Swahili

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Countries

Countries

African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council

Total No. Of Countries

45
0 46
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National Language

Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa
Europe, North America, South America

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America

Regulated By

Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)

Interesting Facts

  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
  • Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are mutually intelligible, that means if u learn Danish is almost like learning three languages in one.
  • There are 9 vowels in Danish language, which can be pronounced in 16 different ways.

Similar To

Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Norwegian and Swedish

Derived From

Arabic Language
Old Norse Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2429
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

520
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2120
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

33
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

36 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Habari
Hallo

Thank You

Asante
Mange tak

How Are You?

Habari gani?
Hvordan har du det?

Good Night

Usiku mwema
God nat

Good Evening

Habari za jioni
God aften

Good Afternoon

nzuri Alasiri
God eftermiddag

Good Morning

Habari za asubuhi
God morgen

Please

tafadhali
Please

Sorry

pole
Undskyld!

Bye

bye
Farvel

I Love You

nakupenda
Jeg elsker dig

Excuse Me

Samahani
Undskyld mig

Dialects

Dialect 1

Kiunguja
Scanian

Where They Speak

Zanzibar island
Sweden

How Many People Speak

75,000,000.0080,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Kimrima
Jutlandic

Where They Speak

Dar es Salaam
Denmark

How Many People Speak

75,000,000.006,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Kimgao
Bornholmsk

Where They Speak

Kilwa
Island of Bornholm

How Many People Speak

75,000,000.006,000,000.00
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 million5.50 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.42 %0.07 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

15.00 million5.50 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

75.00 million6.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Kiswahili
dansk

Alternative Names

Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Dansk, Rigsdansk

French Name

swahili
danois

German Name

Swahili
Dänisch

Pronunciation

[swaˈhili]
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]

Ethnicity

Swahili people or Waswahili
Danish people or Danes

History

Origin

6th century
c. 1100 AD

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Benue-Congo
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Branch

Bantu
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish

Standard Forms

Swahili
Rigsdansk

Language Position

2118
1 120
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Signed Forms

Swahili Sign Language
Signed Danish

Scope

Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

sw
da

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

swa
dan

ISO 639 2/B

swa
dan

ISO 639 3

swa
dan

ISO 639 6

swa
dan

Glottocode

swah1254
dani1284

Linguasphere

99-AUS-m
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

-
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

-
Fusional

Swahili and Danish Alphabets

Swahili and Danish Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Swahili and Danish. In Swahili Alphabets there are 24 letters while in Danish Alphabets there are 29 letters. To learn Swahili and Danish languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Swahili and Danish 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 Danish greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Swahili and Danish are Most Spoken Languages.

All Swahili and Danish 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 Danish dialects. Various dialects of Swahili and Danish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Swahili are spoken in different Swahili Speaking Countries whereas Danish Dialects are spoken in different Danish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Swahili vs Danish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Swahili dialects include: Kiunguja, Kimrima. Danish dialects include: Scanian , Jutlandic. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Swahili and Danish Speaking population

Swahili and Danish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swahili and Danish languages can be compared. The total count of Swahili and Danish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swahili language is 0.42 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Danish language is 0.07 %. 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 Danish on Swahili vs Danish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Swahili and Danish Language Codes

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