Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
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 in
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Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
I Love You
nakupenda
jag älskar dig
Excuse Me
Samahani
ursäkta mig
Dialect 1
Kiunguja
Dialects
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
Gabon
Dialect 2
Kimrima
Dialects
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
Georgia
Dialect 3
Kimgao
Dialects
Where They Speak
Kilwa
France
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
Origin
6th century
13th Century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Germanic
Branch
Bantu
Northern (Scandinavian)
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Swedish
Standard Forms
Swahili
Standard Swedish
Signed Forms
Swahili Sign Language
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
Glottocode
swah1254
swed1254
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
52-AAA-ck to -cw
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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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.