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Catalan vs Swahili


Swahili vs Catalan


Countries

Countries
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community  
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya  

Total No. Of Countries
6  
9
4  
11

National Language
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain  
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania  

Second Language
Spain  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa  

Minority Language
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee  
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)  

Interesting Facts
  • Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
  • Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.
  
  • 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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Similar To
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language  
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages  

Derived From
Latin  
Arabic Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Catalan-Alpahabets.jpg#200  
Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
27  
9
24  
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
23  
13
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
36 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
Hola  
Habari  

Thank You
Gràcies  
Asante  

How Are You?
Com estàs?  
Habari gani?  

Good Night
Bona nit  
Usiku mwema  

Good Evening
Bona nit  
Habari za jioni  

Good Afternoon
Bona tarda  
nzuri Alasiri  

Good Morning
Bon dia  
Habari za asubuhi  

Please
Sisplau  
tafadhali  

Sorry
Perdó!  
pole  

Bye
Adéu  
bye  

I Love You
T'estimo  
nakupenda  

Excuse Me
Dispensi!  
Samahani  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Caló  
Kiunguja  

Where They Speak
France, Portugal, Spain  
Zanzibar island  

How Many People Speak
440,000.00  
35
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Valencian  
Kimrima  

Where They Speak
Spain  
Dar es Salaam  

How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00  
19
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Ribagorçan  
Kimgao  

Where They Speak
Spain  
Kilwa  

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
12  
12

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
4.10 million  
99+
15.00 million  
40

Second Language Speakers
5.10 million  
28
Not Available  

Native Name
català  
Not Available  

Alternative Names
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian  
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili  

French Name
catalan; valencien  
swahili  

German Name
Katalanisch  
Swahili  

Pronunciation
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Catalan people  
Swahili people or Waswahili  

History

Origin
c. 1028  
6th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
Not Available  
Bantu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Catalan  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian  
Swahili  

Signed Forms
Signed Catalan  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
ca  
sw  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
cat  
swa  

ISO 639 2/B
cat  
swa  

ISO 639 3
cat  
swa  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
stan1289  
swah1254  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-e  
99-AUS-m  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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Catalan and Swahili Language History

Comparison of Catalan vs Swahili language history gives us differences between origin of Catalan and Swahili language. History of Catalan language states that this language originated in c. 1028 whereas history of Swahili 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 Catalan and Swahili Language History.

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

Catalan vs Swahili Difficulty

The Catalan vs Swahili difficulty level basically depends on the number of Catalan Alphabets and Swahili 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 Catalan and Swahili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Catalan and Swahili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Catalan is 24 weeks while to learn Swahili time required is 36 weeks.

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