Countries
South Africa
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
National Language
South Africa
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Interesting Facts
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
Similar To
Dutch Language
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Derived From
Dutch Language
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
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Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
Habari gani?
Good Night
goeie nag
Usiku mwema
Good Evening
Goeienaand
Habari za jioni
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
nzuri Alasiri
Good Morning
goeie more
Habari za asubuhi
Please
asseblief
tafadhali
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
nakupenda
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
Samahani
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
Kiunguja
Where They Speak
Not Available
Zanzibar island
Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Kimrima
Where They Speak
Not Available
Dar es Salaam
Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Kimgao
Where They Speak
Namibia
Kilwa
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Afrikaans
Not Available
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
French Name
afrikaans
swahili
German Name
Afrikaans
Swahili
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
Swahili people or Waswahili
Origin
17th Century
6th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Benue-Congo
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Swahili
Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
afrs
Not Available
Glottocode
afri1274
swah1254
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
99-AUS-m
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
Not Available
All Afrikaans and Swahili 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 Afrikaans and Swahili dialects. Various dialects of Afrikaans and Swahili language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Afrikaans are spoken in different Afrikaans Speaking Countries whereas Swahili Dialects are spoken in different Swahili speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Afrikaans vs Swahili Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans, Oranjeriverafrikaans. Swahili dialects include: Kiunguja , Kimrima. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Afrikaans and Swahili Speaking population
Afrikaans and Swahili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Afrikaans and Swahili languages can be compared. The total count of Afrikaans and Swahili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Swahili language is Not Available. 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 Afrikaans and Swahili on Afrikaans vs Swahili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Afrikaans and Swahili Language Codes
Afrikaans and Swahili language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Afrikaans and Swahili Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.