Countries
Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Total No. Of Countries
7
8
4
11
National Language
Germany
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Council for German Orthography
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Interesting Facts
- One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
- The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
Similar To
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Derived From
Albanian Languages
Arabic Language
Alphabets
Alphabets in
German-Alphabets.jpg#200
Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200
Alphabets
26
8
24
6
Phonology
How Many Vowels
10
7
5
2
How Many Consonants
9
1
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
30 weeks
9
36 weeks
10
Greetings
Hello
hallo
Habari
Thank You
Danke
Asante
How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?
Habari gani?
Good Night
gute Nacht
Usiku mwema
Good Evening
guten Abend
Habari za jioni
Good Afternoon
guten Tag
nzuri Alasiri
Good Morning
guten Morgen
Habari za asubuhi
Please
bitte
tafadhali
Sorry
Verzeihung
pole
Bye
Tschüs
bye
I Love You
Ich liebe dich
nakupenda
Excuse Me
Entschuldigung
Samahani
Dialects
Dialect 1
Swiss German
Kiunguja
Where They Speak
Switzerland
Zanzibar island
How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00
18
Not Available
Dialect 2
Swabian German
Kimrima
Where They Speak
Germany
Dar es Salaam
How Many People Speak
820,000.00
26
Not Available
Dialect 3
Texas German
Kimgao
Where They Speak
Texas
Kilwa
How Many People Speak
6,000.00
35
Not Available
Total No. Of Dialects
28
23
12
12
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
229.00 million
8
150.00 million
13
Speaking Population
1.39 %
12
Not Available
Native Speakers
101.00 million
10
15.00 million
40
Second Language Speakers
128.00 million
5
Not Available
Native Name
Deutsch
Not Available
Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
French Name
allemand
swahili
German Name
Deutsch
Swahili
Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Germans
Swahili people or Waswahili
History
Origin
6th Century AD
6th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Benue-Congo
Branch
Western
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
Swahili
Language Position
9
9
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed German
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
Code
ISO 639 1
de
sw
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
deu
swa
ISO 639 2/B
ger
swa
ISO 639 3
deu
swa
ISO 639 6
deus
Not Available
Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397
swah1254
Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm
99-AUS-m
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Not Available
