Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
European Union, Slovenia
National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia
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
Austria, Hungary, Italy
Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
Interesting Facts
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
- The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
- The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Serbo-Croatian
Derived From
Arabic Language
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Alphabets in
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Slovene-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
Habari gani?
Kako se imate?
Good Night
Usiku mwema
Lahko noč
Good Evening
Habari za jioni
Dober večer
Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
Dober dan
Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
Dobro jutro
I Love You
nakupenda
Ljubim te
Excuse Me
Samahani
Oprostite
Dialect 1
Kiunguja
Prekmurje Slovene
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
Hungary, Slovenia
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
Italy
Where They Speak
Kilwa
Slovenia
Native Name
Kiswahili
Slovenščina
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Slovenian, Slovenscina
French Name
swahili
slovène
German Name
Swahili
Slowenisch
Pronunciation
[swaˈhili]
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
Slovenes
Origin
6th century
972-1093
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Swahili
Slovene
Signed Forms
Swahili Sign Language
Slovene Sign Language
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
Glottocode
swah1254
slov1268
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
53-AAA-f
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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-
Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional
All Swahili and Slovene 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 Slovene dialects. Various dialects of Swahili and Slovene language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Swahili are spoken in different Swahili Speaking Countries whereas Slovene Dialects are spoken in different Slovene speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Swahili vs Slovene Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Swahili dialects include: Kiunguja, Kimrima. Slovene dialects include: Prekmurje Slovene , Resian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Swahili and Slovene Speaking population
Swahili and Slovene speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swahili and Slovene languages can be compared. The total count of Swahili and Slovene Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swahili language is 0.42 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Slovene language is 0.03 %. 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 Slovene on Swahili vs Slovene where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Swahili and Slovene Language Codes
Swahili and Slovene language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Swahili and Slovene Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.