Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Norway
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 in
Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200
Norwegian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
I Love You
nakupenda
Jeg Elsker Deg
Excuse Me
Samahani
unnskyld meg
Dialect 1
Kiunguja
Jamtlandic
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
Jamtland,Harjedalen
Dialect 2
Kimrima
Sognamål
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
Sogn
Dialect 3
Kimgao
Hallingmål-Valdris
Where They Speak
Kilwa
Hallingdal, Valdres
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
Origin
6th century
c. 1300 AD
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Germanic
Branch
Bantu
Northern (Scandinavian)
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
Standard Forms
Swahili
Nynorsk, Bokmål
Signed Forms
Swahili Sign Language
Signed Norwegian
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Macrolanguage
Glottocode
swah1254
norw1258
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional
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.