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Swahili
Swahili

Macedonian
Macedonian



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Swahili and Macedonian

Countries

Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries

41
0 46
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National Language

Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia

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
Albania, Romania, Serbia

Regulated By

Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"

Interesting Facts

  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
  • There are plenty of loan words in Macedonian language from the Serbian, Bulgarian and Russian languages.
  • The only Indo-European language that make use of the narrative mood is Macedonian language.

Similar To

Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages

Derived From

Arabic Language
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2431
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

55
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2126
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille

Writing Direction

-
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

33
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

36 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Habari
Здраво (Zdravo)

Thank You

Asante
Благодарам (Blagodaram)

How Are You?

Habari gani?
Како си? (Kako si?)

Good Night

Usiku mwema
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)

Good Evening

Habari za jioni
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)

Good Afternoon

nzuri Alasiri
Добар ден (Dobar den)

Good Morning

Habari za asubuhi
Добро утро (Dobro utro)

Please

tafadhali
Ве молиме (Ve molime)

Sorry

pole
жал (žal)

Bye

bye
Чао (Čao)

I Love You

nakupenda
Те сакам (Te sakam)

Excuse Me

Samahani
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Kiunguja
Torlakian

Where They Speak

Zanzibar island
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia

How Many People Speak

75,000,000.001.50
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Kimrima
Debar

Where They Speak

Dar es Salaam
Macedonia

How Many People Speak

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

Kimgao
Galičnik

Where They Speak

Kilwa
Macedonia

How Many People Speak

75,000,000.002,100,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

1228
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

150.00 million2.50 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.42 %0.05 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

15.00 million2.50 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

75.00 million2.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Kiswahili
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)

Alternative Names

Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic

French Name

swahili
macédonien

German Name

Swahili
Makedonisch

Pronunciation

[swaˈhili]
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]

Ethnicity

Swahili people or Waswahili
Macedonians

History

Origin

6th century
2200 BC

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Benue-Congo
Slavic

Branch

Bantu
Southern

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Swahili
Macedonian

Language Position

2145
1 120
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Signed Forms

Swahili Sign Language
Macedonian Sign Language

Scope

Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

sw
mk

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

swa
mkd

ISO 639 2/B

swa
mac

ISO 639 3

swa
mkd

ISO 639 6

swa
mkd

Glottocode

swah1254
mace1250

Linguasphere

99-AUS-m
53-AAA-ha

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Language Morphological Typology

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Analytic

Swahili and Macedonian Alphabets

Swahili and Macedonian Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Swahili and Macedonian. In Swahili Alphabets there are 24 letters while in Macedonian Alphabets there are 31 letters. To learn Swahili and Macedonian languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Swahili and Macedonian 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 Macedonian greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Swahili and Macedonian are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Swahili and Macedonian Speaking population

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

Swahili and Macedonian Language Codes

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