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Swahili
Swahili

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Countries

Countries

African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Cyprus, European Union, Greece

Total No. Of Countries

43
0 46
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National Language

Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Roman Empire

Speaking Continents

Africa
Asia, Europe

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine

Regulated By

Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)

Interesting Facts

  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.

Similar To

Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Armenian

Derived From

Arabic Language
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2424
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

57
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2117
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Arabic, Latin

Writing Direction

-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

36
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

36 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Habari
γεια σας (geia sas)

Thank You

Asante
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)

How Are You?

Habari gani?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)

Good Night

Usiku mwema
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)

Good Evening

Habari za jioni
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)

Good Afternoon

nzuri Alasiri
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)

Good Morning

Habari za asubuhi
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)

Please

tafadhali
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)

Sorry

pole
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)

Bye

bye
αντίο (antío)

I Love You

nakupenda
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)

Excuse Me

Samahani
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Kiunguja
Cappadocian Greek

Where They Speak

Zanzibar island
Greece

How Many People Speak

75,000,000.002,800.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Kimrima
Griko

Where They Speak

Dar es Salaam
Italy

How Many People Speak

75,000,000.0050,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Kimgao
Mariupol

Where They Speak

Kilwa
Ukraine

How Many People Speak

75,000,000.0013,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

1225
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

150.00 million13.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.42 %0.18 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

15.00 million13.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

75.00 million13.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Kiswahili
ελληνικά

Alternative Names

Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic

French Name

swahili
grec moderne (après 1453)

German Name

Swahili
Neugriechisch

Pronunciation

[swaˈhili]
[eliniˈka]

Ethnicity

Swahili people or Waswahili
Greeks or Hellenes

History

Origin

6th century
1500 BC

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Benue-Congo
Hellenic

Branch

Bantu
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek

Standard Forms

Swahili
Modern Greek

Language Position

2174
1 120
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Signed Forms

Swahili Sign Language
Greek Sign Language

Scope

Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

sw
el

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

swa
ell

ISO 639 2/B

swa
gre

ISO 639 3

swa
ell

ISO 639 6

swa
ells

Glottocode

swah1254
gree1276

Linguasphere

99-AUS-m
56-AAA-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

-
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

-
Fusional, Synthetic

Swahili and Greek Alphabets

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

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

Swahili and Greek Speaking population

Swahili and Greek speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swahili and Greek languages can be compared. The total count of Swahili and Greek Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swahili language is 0.42 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 %. 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 Greek on Swahili vs Greek where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Swahili and Greek Language Codes

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