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Swahili
Swahili

Swedish
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Countries

Countries

African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden

Total No. Of Countries

44
0 46
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National Language

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

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Finland

Speaking Continents

Africa
Antartica, Europe

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America

Regulated By

Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish 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.
  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.

Similar To

Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Norwegian and Danish Language

Derived From

Arabic Language
Old Norse Language

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

2118
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

36
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

36 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Habari
hej

Thank You

Asante
tacka dig

How Are You?

Habari gani?
hur mår du

Good Night

Usiku mwema
godnatt

Good Evening

Habari za jioni
god kväll

Good Afternoon

nzuri Alasiri
god eftermiddag

Good Morning

Habari za asubuhi
god morgon

Please

tafadhali
vänligen

Sorry

pole
ledsen

Bye

bye
hej då

I Love You

nakupenda
jag älskar dig

Excuse Me

Samahani
ursäkta mig

Dialects

Dialect 1

Kiunguja
Dialects

Where They Speak

Zanzibar island
Gabon

How Many People Speak

75,000,000.0078,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Kimrima
Dialects

Where They Speak

Dar es Salaam
Georgia

How Many People Speak

75,000,000.0078,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Kimgao
Dialects

Where They Speak

Kilwa
France

How Many People Speak

75,000,000.0096,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

1279
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

150.00 million15.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.42 %0.13 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

15.00 million8.70 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
Svenska

Alternative Names

Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Ruotsi, Svenska

French Name

swahili
suédois

German Name

Swahili
Schwedisch

Pronunciation

[swaˈhili]
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]

Ethnicity

Swahili people or Waswahili
Swedes, Finland Swedes

History

Origin

6th century
13th Century

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Benue-Congo
Germanic

Branch

Bantu
Northern (Scandinavian)

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Old Swedish

Standard Forms

Swahili
Standard Swedish

Language Position

2189
1 120
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Signed Forms

Swahili Sign Language
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")

Scope

Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

sw
sv

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

swa
swe

ISO 639 2/B

swa
swe

ISO 639 3

swa
swe

ISO 639 6

swa
swe

Glottocode

swah1254
swed1254

Linguasphere

99-AUS-m
52-AAA-ck to -cw

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

-
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

-
-

Swahili and Swedish Alphabets

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

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

Swahili and Swedish Speaking population

Swahili and Swedish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swahili and Swedish languages can be compared. The total count of Swahili and Swedish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swahili language is 0.42 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Swedish language is 0.13 %. 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 Swedish on Swahili vs Swedish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Swahili and Swedish Language Codes

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