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Swahili and Dutch


Countries

Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya   

Total No. Of Countries
6   
9
4   
11

National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania   

Second Language
South Africa   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America   
Africa   

Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)   
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)   

Interesting Facts
  • Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
  • There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
  
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
    •   

Similar To
German and English Languages   
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Arabic Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
24   
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
5   
2

How Many Consonants
21   
11
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
Hallo   
Habari   

Thank You
dankjewel   
Asante   

How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?   
Habari gani?   

Good Night
goede Nacht   
Usiku mwema   

Good Evening
goedenavond   
Habari za jioni   

Good Afternoon
goedemiddag   
nzuri Alasiri   

Good Morning
goedemorgen   
Habari za asubuhi   

Please
alsjeblieft   
tafadhali   

Sorry
sorry   
pole   

Bye
vaarwel   
bye   

I Love You
Ik hou van jou   
nakupenda   

Excuse Me
pardon   
Samahani   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gronings   
Kiunguja   

Where They Speak
Netherlands   
Zanzibar island   

How Many People Speak
590,000.00   
32
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Low Saxon   
Kimrima   

Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands   
Dar es Salaam   

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00   
16
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Limburgian   
Kimgao   

Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands   
Kilwa   

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00   
18
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
7   
7
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million   
38
150.00 million   
13

Speaking Population
0.32 %   
38
Not Available   

Native Speakers
22.00 million   
35
15.00 million   
40

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million   
25
Not Available   

Native Name
Nederlands   
Not Available   

Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands   
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili   

French Name
néerlandais; flamand   
swahili   

German Name
Niederländisch   
Swahili   

Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Dutch people   
Swahili people or Waswahili   

History

Origin
AD 450-500   
6th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Western   
Bantu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Dutch   
Swahili   

Language Position
48   
35
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
nl   
sw   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nld   
swa   

ISO 639 2/B
dut   
swa   

ISO 639 3
nld   
swa   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mode1257   
swah1254   

Linguasphere
52-ACB-a   
99-AUS-m   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Not Available   

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All Dutch 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 Dutch and Swahili dialects. Various dialects of Dutch and Swahili language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Dutch are spoken in different Dutch Speaking Countries whereas Swahili Dialects are spoken in different Swahili speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Dutch vs Swahili Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Dutch dialects include: Gronings, Low Saxon. Swahili dialects include: Kiunguja , Kimrima. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Dutch and Swahili Speaking population

Dutch and Swahili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dutch and Swahili languages can be compared. The total count of Dutch and Swahili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 % 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 Dutch and Swahili on Dutch vs Swahili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Dutch and Swahili Language Codes

Dutch and Swahili language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Dutch and Swahili Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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