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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
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4
Rank: 11 (Overall)
6
Rank: 9 (Overall)
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1.3 National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
South Africa
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
France, Germany, Indonesia
1.7 Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
1.8 Interesting Facts
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
    • Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
    • There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
    1.9 Similar To
    Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
    German and English Languages
    1.10 Derived From
    Arabic Language
    Not Available
    2 Alphabets
    2.1 Alphabets in
    2.2 Alphabets
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    24
    Rank: 6 (Overall)
    26
    Rank: 8 (Overall)
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    2.3 Phonology
    2.3.1 How Many Vowels
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    5
    Rank: 2 (Overall)
    6
    Rank: 3 (Overall)
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    2.3.2 How Many Consonants
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    21
    Rank: 11 (Overall)
    21
    Rank: 11 (Overall)
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    2.4 Scripts
    Latin
    Latin
    2.5 Writing Direction
    Not Available
    Left-To-Right, Horizontal
    2.6 Hard to Learn
    2.6.1 Language Levels
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    3
    Rank: 2 (Overall)
    6
    Rank: 5 (Overall)
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    2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
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    36 weeks
    Rank: 10 (Overall)
    24 weeks
    Rank: 6 (Overall)
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    3 Greetings
    3.1 Hello
    Habari
    Hallo
    3.2 Thank You
    Asante
    dankjewel
    3.3 How Are You?
    Habari gani?
    hoe gaat het met je?
    3.4 Good Night
    Usiku mwema
    goede Nacht
    3.5 Good Evening
    Habari za jioni
    goedenavond
    3.6 Good Afternoon
    nzuri Alasiri
    goedemiddag
    3.7 Good Morning
    Habari za asubuhi
    goedemorgen
    3.8 Please
    tafadhali
    alsjeblieft
    3.9 Sorry
    pole
    sorry
    3.10 Bye
    bye
    vaarwel
    3.11 I Love You
    nakupenda
    Ik hou van jou
    3.12 Excuse Me
    Samahani
    pardon
    4 Dialects
    4.1 Dialect 1
    Kiunguja
    Gronings
    4.1.1 Where They Speak
    Zanzibar island
    Netherlands
    4.1.2 How Many People Speak
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    Rank: N/A (Overall)
    590,000.00
    Rank: 32 (Overall)
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    4.2 Dialect 2
    Kimrima
    Low Saxon
    4.2.1 Where They Speak
    Dar es Salaam
    Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
    4.2.2 How Many People Speak
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    Not Available
    Rank: N/A (Overall)
    4,000,000.00
    Rank: 16 (Overall)
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    4.3 Dialect 3
    Kimgao
    Limburgian
    4.3.1 Where They Speak
    Kilwa
    Belgium, Netherlands
    4.3.2 How Many People Speak
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    Not Available
    Rank: N/A (Overall)
    1,300,000.00
    Rank: 18 (Overall)
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    4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
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    12
    Rank: 12 (Overall)
    7
    Rank: 7 (Overall)
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    5 How Many People Speak
    5.1 How Many People Speak?
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    150.00 million
    Rank: 13 (Overall)
    28.00 million
    Rank: 38 (Overall)
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    5.2 Speaking Population
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    Not Available
    Rank: N/A (Overall)
    0.32 %
    Rank: 38 (Overall)
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    5.3 Native Speakers
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    15.00 million
    Rank: 40 (Overall)
    22.00 million
    Rank: 35 (Overall)
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    5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
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    Not Available
    Rank: N/A (Overall)
    6.00 million
    Rank: 25 (Overall)
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    5.3.2 Native Name
    Not Available
    Nederlands
    5.3.3 Alternative Names
    Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
    Hollands, Nederlands
    5.3.4 French Name
    swahili
    néerlandais; flamand
    5.3.5 German Name
    Swahili
    Niederländisch
    5.4 Pronunciation
    Not Available
    [ˈneːdərlɑnts]
    5.5 Ethnicity
    Swahili people or Waswahili
    Dutch people
    6 History
    6.1 Origin
    6th century
    AD 450-500
    6.2 Language Family
    Niger-Congo Family
    Indo-European Family
    6.2.1 Subgroup
    Benue-Congo
    Germanic
    6.2.2 Branch
    Bantu
    Western
    6.3 Language Forms
    6.3.1 Early Forms
    No early forms
    Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
    6.3.2 Standard Forms
    Swahili
    Standard Dutch
    6.3.3 Language Position
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    Rank: N/A (Overall)
    48
    Rank: 35 (Overall)
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    6.3.4 Signed Forms
    Not Available
    Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
    6.4 Scope
    Individual, Macrolanguage
    Individual
    7 Code
    7.1 ISO 639 1
    sw
    nl
    7.2 ISO 639 2
    7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
    swa
    nld
    7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
    swa
    dut
    7.3 ISO 639 3
    swa
    nld
    7.4 ISO 639 6
    Not Available
    Not Available
    7.5 Glottocode
    swah1254
    mode1257
    7.6 Linguasphere
    99-AUS-m
    52-ACB-a
    7.7 Types of Language
    7.7.1 Language Type
    Living
    Historical
    7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
    Not Available
    Subject-Object-Verb
    7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
    Not Available
    Synthetic

    Swahili and Dutch Alphabets

    Swahili and Dutch Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Swahili and Dutch. In Swahili Alphabets there are 24 letters while in Dutch Alphabets there are 26 letters. To learn Swahili and Dutch languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Swahili and Dutch 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 Dutch greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Swahili and Dutch are Most Spoken Languages.

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

    Swahili and Dutch Speaking population

    Swahili and Dutch speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swahili and Dutch languages can be compared. The total count of Swahili and Dutch Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swahili language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 %. 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 Dutch on Swahili vs Dutch where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

    Swahili and Dutch Language Codes

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

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