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Countries

Countries

African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname

Total No. Of Countries

46
0 46
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National Language

Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
South Africa

Speaking Continents

Africa
Asia, Europe, North America, South America

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
France, Germany, Indonesia

Regulated By

Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)

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.

Similar To

Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
German and English Languages

Derived From

Arabic Language
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2426
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

56
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2121
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

36
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
dankjewel

How Are You?

Habari gani?
hoe gaat het met je?

Good Night

Usiku mwema
goede Nacht

Good Evening

Habari za jioni
goedenavond

Good Afternoon

nzuri Alasiri
goedemiddag

Good Morning

Habari za asubuhi
goedemorgen

Please

tafadhali
alsjeblieft

Sorry

pole
sorry

Bye

bye
vaarwel

I Love You

nakupenda
Ik hou van jou

Excuse Me

Samahani
pardon

Dialects

Dialect 1

Kiunguja
Gronings

Where They Speak

Zanzibar island
Netherlands

How Many People Speak

75,000,000.00590,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Kimrima
Low Saxon

Where They Speak

Dar es Salaam
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands

How Many People Speak

75,000,000.004,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Kimgao
Limburgian

Where They Speak

Kilwa
Belgium, Netherlands

How Many People Speak

75,000,000.001,300,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

127
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

150.00 million28.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.42 %0.32 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

15.00 million22.00 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
Nederlands

Alternative Names

Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Hollands, Nederlands

French Name

swahili
néerlandais; flamand

German Name

Swahili
Niederländisch

Pronunciation

[swaˈhili]
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]

Ethnicity

Swahili people or Waswahili
Dutch people

History

Origin

6th century
AD 450-500

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Benue-Congo
Germanic

Branch

Bantu
Western

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch

Standard Forms

Swahili
Standard Dutch

Language Position

2148
1 120
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Signed Forms

Swahili Sign Language
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)

Scope

Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

sw
nl

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

swa
nld

ISO 639 2/B

swa
dut

ISO 639 3

swa
nld

ISO 639 6

swa
nld

Glottocode

swah1254
mode1257

Linguasphere

99-AUS-m
52-ACB-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Historical

Language Linguistic Typology

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Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

-
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 0.42 % 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.