Swahili and Estonian
Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Estonia, European Union
National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Estonia, Gambia
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
Denmark, Russia, Sweden
Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Institute of the Estonian Language
Interesting Facts
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
- Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
- Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Finnish
Derived From
Arabic Language
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
Habari gani?
kuidas sul läheb
Good Night
Usiku mwema
Head ööd
Good Evening
Habari za jioni
Tere õhtust
Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
Tere päevast
Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
Tere hommikust
I Love You
nakupenda
ma armastan sind
Excuse Me
Samahani
Vabandage
Dialect 1
Kiunguja
Keskmurre
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
Georgia, South Estonia
Dialect 3
Kimgao
Idamurre
Where They Speak
Kilwa
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
Native Name
Kiswahili
eesti keel
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Eesti keel
French Name
swahili
estonien
German Name
Swahili
Estnisch
Pronunciation
[swaˈhili]
[eˈstˑoˑniˑa]
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
Estonians
Origin
6th century
13th century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Uralic Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Finno-Ugric
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Swahili
Estonian
Signed Forms
Swahili Sign Language
Estonian Sign Language
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Macrolanguage
Glottocode
swah1254
esto1258
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Agglutinative
All Swahili and Estonian 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 Estonian dialects. Various dialects of Swahili and Estonian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Swahili are spoken in different Swahili Speaking Countries whereas Estonian Dialects are spoken in different Estonian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Swahili vs Estonian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Swahili dialects include: Kiunguja, Kimrima. Estonian dialects include: Keskmurre , Tartu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Swahili and Estonian Speaking population
Swahili and Estonian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swahili and Estonian languages can be compared. The total count of Swahili and Estonian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swahili language is 0.42 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Estonian language is 0.03 %. 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 Estonian on Swahili vs Estonian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Swahili and Estonian Language Codes
Swahili and Estonian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Swahili and Estonian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.