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Swahili vs Slovak


Slovak vs Swahili


Countries

Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya  
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
4  
11

National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania  
Slovakia, Vojvodina, 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  
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)  
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic  

Interesting Facts
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
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  • Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
  • Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  

Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages  
Czech Language  

Derived From
Arabic Language  
Czech-Slovak Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Slovak-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
24  
6
46  
26

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
15  
12

How Many Consonants
21  
11
38  
27

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Habari  
Ahoj  

Thank You
Asante  
Ďakujem vám  

How Are You?
Habari gani?  
Ako sa máte?  

Good Night
Usiku mwema  
Dobrú noc  

Good Evening
Habari za jioni  
Dobrý večer  

Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri  
Dobré popoludnie  

Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi  
Dobré ráno  

Please
tafadhali  
Prosím  

Sorry
pole  
Pardón!  

Bye
bye  
Dovidenia  

I Love You
nakupenda  
Ľúbim Ťa  

Excuse Me
Samahani  
Prepáčte!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kiunguja  
Eastern Slovak  

Where They Speak
Zanzibar island  
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin  

How Many People Speak
75,000,000.00  
12
5,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Kimrima  
Central Slovak  

Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam  
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec  

How Many People Speak
75,000,000.00  
10
5,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Kimgao  
Western Slovak  

Where They Speak
Kilwa  
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie  

How Many People Speak
75,000,000.00  
9
5,500,000.00  
37

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
150.00 million  
13
5.20 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.42 %  
34
0.14 %  
99+

Native Speakers
15.00 million  
40
5.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
75.00 million  
14
6.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Kiswahili  
slovenčina  

Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili  
Slovakian, Slovencina  

French Name
swahili  
slovaque  

German Name
Swahili  
Slowakisch  

Pronunciation
[swaˈhili]  
[ˈsləʊvæk]  

Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili  
Slovaks  

History

Origin
6th century  
6th Century  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
Slavic  

Branch
Bantu  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Slavic  

Standard Forms
Swahili  
Slovak  

Language Position
21  
19
27  
25

Signed Forms
Swahili Sign Language  
Slovak Sign Language  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sw  
sk  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
swa  
slk  

ISO 639 2/B
swa  
slo  

ISO 639 3
swa  
slk  

ISO 639 6
swa  
slk  

Glottocode
swah1254  
slov1269  

Linguasphere
99-AUS-m  
53-AAA-db  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Synthetic  

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Swahili and Slovak Language History

Comparison of Swahili vs Slovak language history gives us differences between origin of Swahili and Slovak language. History of Swahili language states that this language originated in 6th century whereas history of Slovak language states that this language originated in 6th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Swahili and Slovak Language History.

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Swahili and Slovak 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 Slovak greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Swahili and Slovak language. Swahili word for "Hello" is Habari or Slovak word for "Thank You" is Ďakujem vám. Find more of such common Swahili Greetings and Slovak Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Swahili vs Slovak Difficulty

The Swahili vs Slovak difficulty level basically depends on the number of Swahili Alphabets and Slovak 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 Slovak are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Swahili and Slovak, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Swahili is 36 weeks while to learn Slovak time required is 44 weeks.

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