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Swahili
Swahili

Galician
Galician



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Countries

Countries

African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Galicia

Total No. Of Countries

41
0 46
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National Language

Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Galicia

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
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)

Interesting Facts

  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
  • In Galician language, there are no compound tenses.
  • The earliest document in Galician language was written in 1228 which was legal charter for a municipality of Galicia.

Similar To

Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Portuguese Language

Derived From

Arabic Language
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2423
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

57
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2119
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

34
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

36 weeks28 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Habari
Ola

Thank You

Asante
Grazas

How Are You?

Habari gani?
Que tal estás?

Good Night

Usiku mwema
Boas noites

Good Evening

Habari za jioni
Boa tarde

Good Afternoon

nzuri Alasiri
Boa tarde

Good Morning

Habari za asubuhi
Bos días

Please

tafadhali
Por favor

Sorry

pole
Síntoo!

Bye

bye
Adeus

I Love You

nakupenda
Ámote

Excuse Me

Samahani
Perdoe!

Dialects

Dialect 1

Kiunguja
Eastern Galician

Where They Speak

Zanzibar island
East Galicia

How Many People Speak

75,000,000.002,700,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Kimrima
Central Galician

Where They Speak

Dar es Salaam
Central Galicia

How Many People Speak

75,000,000.002,500,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Kimgao
Western Galician

Where They Speak

Kilwa
West Galicia

How Many People Speak

75,000,000.003,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

123
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

150.00 million2.40 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.42 %0.05 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

15.00 million2.40 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

75.00 million3.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Kiswahili
Galego

Alternative Names

Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Galego, Gallego

French Name

swahili
galicien

German Name

Swahili
Galicisch

Pronunciation

[swaˈhili]
[ɡaˈleɣo]

Ethnicity

Swahili people or Waswahili
Galician people

History

Origin

6th century
c. 1175

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Benue-Congo
-

Branch

Bantu
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Medieval Galician

Standard Forms

Swahili
Galician

Language Position

2146
1 120
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Signed Forms

Swahili Sign Language
Galician Sign Language

Scope

Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

sw
gl

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

swa
glg

ISO 639 2/B

swa
glg

ISO 639 3

swa
glg

ISO 639 6

swa
glg

Glottocode

swah1254
gali1258

Linguasphere

99-AUS-m
51-AAA-ab

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

-
-

Language Morphological Typology

-
-

Swahili and Galician Alphabets

Swahili and Galician Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Swahili and Galician. In Swahili Alphabets there are 24 letters while in Galician Alphabets there are 23 letters. To learn Swahili and Galician languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Swahili and Galician 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 Galician greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Swahili and Galician are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Swahili and Galician Speaking population

Swahili and Galician speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swahili and Galician languages can be compared. The total count of Swahili and Galician Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swahili language is 0.42 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Galician language is 0.05 %. 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 Galician on Swahili vs Galician where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Swahili and Galician Language Codes

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