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Croatian vs Swahili


Swahili vs Croatian


Countries

Countries
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia  
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya  

Total No. Of Countries
9  
7
4  
11

National Language
Austria  
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa  

Minority Language
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics  
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)  

Interesting Facts
  • In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
  • Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
  
  • 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
Serbain and Bosnian  
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages  

Derived From
Church Slavonic  
Arabic Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
24  
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
25  
15
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
36 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
bok  
Habari  

Thank You
hvala  
Asante  

How Are You?
kako si  
Habari gani?  

Good Night
laku noć  
Usiku mwema  

Good Evening
dobra večer  
Habari za jioni  

Good Afternoon
dobar dan  
nzuri Alasiri  

Good Morning
dobro jutro  
Habari za asubuhi  

Please
molim  
tafadhali  

Sorry
Oprostite  
pole  

Bye
Doviđenja  
bye  

I Love You
Volim te  
nakupenda  

Excuse Me
Ispričavam se  
Samahani  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakavian  
Kiunguja  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Zanzibar island  

How Many People Speak
660,000.00  
31
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Chakavian  
Kimrima  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Dar es Salaam  

Dialect 3
Shtokavian  
Kimgao  

Where They Speak
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania  
Kilwa  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
5
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
79  
33
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
89.00 million  
18
150.00 million  
13

Speaking Population
89.00 %  
1
Not Available  

Native Speakers
5.60 million  
99+
15.00 million  
40

Second Language Speakers
1.25 million  
36
Not Available  

Native Name
hrvatski  
Not Available  

Alternative Names
Hrvatski  
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili  

French Name
croate  
swahili  

German Name
Kroatisch  
Swahili  

Pronunciation
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Croats  
Swahili people or Waswahili  

History

Origin
9th century  
6th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
Not Available  
Bantu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian  
Swahili  

Language Position
23  
19
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Croatian Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
hr  
sw  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hrv  
swa  

ISO 639 2/B
hrv  
swa  

ISO 639 3
hrv  
swa  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
croa1245  
swah1254  

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g  
99-AUS-m  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Not Available  

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Croatian and Swahili Language History

Comparison of Croatian vs Swahili language history gives us differences between origin of Croatian and Swahili language. History of Croatian language states that this language originated in 9th century 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 Croatian and Swahili Language History.

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

Croatian vs Swahili Difficulty

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

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