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Swahili
Swahili

Norwegian
Norwegian



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Countries

Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries

41
0 46
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National Language

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

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa
Europe, South America

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Nynorsk

Regulated By

Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Norwegian Language Council

Interesting Facts

  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
  • Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
  • Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.

Similar To

Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Swedish and Danish Languages

Derived From

Arabic Language
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2429
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

59
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2120
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 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Habari
hallo

Thank You

Asante
takk

How Are You?

Habari gani?
hvordan har du det?

Good Night

Usiku mwema
god natt

Good Evening

Habari za jioni
god kveld

Good Afternoon

nzuri Alasiri
god ettermiddag

Good Morning

Habari za asubuhi
god morgen

Please

tafadhali
Vær så snill

Sorry

pole
unnskyld

Bye

bye
ha det

I Love You

nakupenda
Jeg Elsker Deg

Excuse Me

Samahani
unnskyld meg

Dialects

Dialect 1

Kiunguja
Jamtlandic

Where They Speak

Zanzibar island
Jamtland,Harjedalen

How Many People Speak

75,000,000.0030,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Kimrima
Sognamål

Where They Speak

Dar es Salaam
Sogn

How Many People Speak

75,000,000.005,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Kimgao
Hallingmål-Valdris

Where They Speak

Kilwa
Hallingdal, Valdres

How Many People Speak

75,000,000.005,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

1219
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

150.00 million5.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.42 %0.07 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

15.00 million5.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

75.00 million5.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Kiswahili
Norsk

Alternative Names

Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Norsk

French Name

swahili
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien

German Name

Swahili
Nynorsk

Pronunciation

[swaˈhili]
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)

Ethnicity

Swahili people or Waswahili
Norwegians

History

Origin

6th century
c. 1300 AD

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Benue-Congo
Germanic

Branch

Bantu
Northern (Scandinavian)

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian

Standard Forms

Swahili
Nynorsk, Bokmål

Language Position

2118
1 120
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Signed Forms

Swahili Sign Language
Signed Norwegian

Scope

Individual, Macrolanguage
Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

sw
no

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

swa
nor

ISO 639 2/B

swa
nor

ISO 639 3

swa
nor

ISO 639 6

swa
nor

Glottocode

swah1254
norw1258

Linguasphere

99-AUS-m
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

-
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

-
Fusional

Swahili and Norwegian Alphabets

Swahili and Norwegian Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Swahili and Norwegian. In Swahili Alphabets there are 24 letters while in Norwegian Alphabets there are 29 letters. To learn Swahili and Norwegian languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Swahili and Norwegian 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 Norwegian greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Swahili and Norwegian are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Swahili and Norwegian Speaking population

Swahili and Norwegian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swahili and Norwegian languages can be compared. The total count of Swahili and Norwegian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swahili language is 0.42 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Norwegian language is 0.07 %. 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 Norwegian on Swahili vs Norwegian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Swahili and Norwegian Language Codes

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