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Estonian and Swahili


Swahili and Estonian


Countries

Countries
Estonia, European Union   
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
4   
11

National Language
Estonia, Gambia   
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
Denmark, Russia, Sweden   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Institute of the Estonian Language   
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)   

Interesting Facts
  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  
  • 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
Finnish   
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Arabic Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27   
9
24   
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
5   
2

How Many Consonants
18   
8
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
Tere   
Habari   

Thank You
aitäh   
Asante   

How Are You?
kuidas sul läheb   
Habari gani?   

Good Night
Head ööd   
Usiku mwema   

Good Evening
Tere õhtust   
Habari za jioni   

Good Afternoon
Tere päevast   
nzuri Alasiri   

Good Morning
Tere hommikust   
Habari za asubuhi   

Please
Palun   
tafadhali   

Sorry
Vabandust   
pole   

Bye
Head aega   
bye   

I Love You
ma armastan sind   
nakupenda   

Excuse Me
Vabandage   
Samahani   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Keskmurre   
Kiunguja   

Where They Speak
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia   
Zanzibar island   

Dialect 2
Tartu   
Kimrima   

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Estonia   
Dar es Salaam   

Dialect 3
Idamurre   
Kimgao   

Where They Speak
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.   
Kilwa   

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
12   
12

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
0.95 million   
99+
15.00 million   
40

Native Name
eesti keel   
Not Available   

Alternative Names
Eesti keel   
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili   

French Name
estonien   
swahili   

German Name
Estnisch   
Swahili   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Estonians   
Swahili people or Waswahili   

History

Origin
13th century   
6th century   

Language Family
Uralic Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Finnic   
Bantu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Estonian   
Swahili   

Signed Forms
Estonian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
et   
sw   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
est   
swa   

ISO 639 2/B
est   
swa   

ISO 639 3
est   
swa   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
esto1258   
swah1254   

Linguasphere
No data available   
99-AUS-m   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Not Available   

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

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Estonian and Swahili Speaking population

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Estonian and Swahili Language Codes

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

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