Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia
National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia
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
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia
Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language
Interesting Facts
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
- Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
- Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Bosnian and Croatian Languages
Derived From
Arabic Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Latin
Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Habari
Здраво (Zdravo)
Thank You
Asante
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)
How Are You?
Habari gani?
Како си? (Kako si?)
Good Night
Usiku mwema
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)
Good Evening
Habari za jioni
Добро вече (Dobro veče)
Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
Добар дан (Dobar dan)
Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)
Please
tafadhali
Молим (Molim)
Sorry
pole
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)
Bye
bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)
I Love You
nakupenda
Волим те (Volim te)
Excuse Me
Samahani
Извините (Izvinite)
Dialect 1
Kiunguja
Prizren-Timok
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
Southeastern Serbia
Dialect 2
Kimrima
Smederevo–Vršac
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
Serbia
Dialect 3
Kimgao
Torlakian
Where They Speak
Kilwa
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
Native Name
Not Available
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Montenegrin
French Name
swahili
serbe
German Name
Swahili
Serbisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[sr̩̂pskiː]
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
Serbs
Origin
6th century
11th Century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Not Available
Branch
Bantu
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Swahili
Standard Serbian
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
swah1254
serb1264
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
53-AAA-g
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Swahili and Serbian 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 Serbian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Swahili and Serbian language. Swahili word for "Hello" is Habari or Serbian word for "Thank You" is Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo). Find more of such common Swahili Greetings and Serbian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Swahili vs Serbian Difficulty
The Swahili vs Serbian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Swahili Alphabets and Serbian 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 Serbian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Swahili and Serbian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Swahili is 36 weeks while to learn Serbian time required is 44 weeks.