Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
South Africa
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
France, Germany, Indonesia
Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
Interesting Facts
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
- Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
- There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
German and English Languages
Derived From
Arabic Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Asante
dankjewel
How Are You?
Habari gani?
hoe gaat het met je?
Good Night
Usiku mwema
goede Nacht
Good Evening
Habari za jioni
goedenavond
Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
goedemiddag
Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
goedemorgen
Please
tafadhali
alsjeblieft
I Love You
nakupenda
Ik hou van jou
Excuse Me
Samahani
pardon
Dialect 1
Kiunguja
Gronings
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
Netherlands
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Kimrima
Low Saxon
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Kimgao
Limburgian
Where They Speak
Kilwa
Belgium, Netherlands
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Not Available
Nederlands
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Hollands, Nederlands
French Name
swahili
néerlandais; flamand
German Name
Swahili
Niederländisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
Dutch people
Origin
6th century
AD 450-500
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Germanic
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
Standard Forms
Swahili
Standard Dutch
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
swah1254
mode1257
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
52-ACB-a
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Synthetic
Swahili and Dutch Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Swahili and Dutch greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Swahili and Dutch language. Swahili word for "Hello" is Habari or Dutch word for "Thank You" is dankjewel. Find more of such common Swahili Greetings and Dutch Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Swahili vs Dutch Difficulty
The Swahili vs Dutch difficulty level basically depends on the number of Swahili Alphabets and Dutch Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Swahili and Dutch are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Swahili and Dutch, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Swahili is 36 weeks while to learn Dutch time required is 24 weeks.