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Russian
Russian
Swahili
Swahili
Swahili and Russian


Countries
Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan   
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya   
Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
4   
11
National Language
Russia   
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania   
Second Language
Afganistan   
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Africa   
Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences   
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)   
Interesting Facts
  • In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  
  • 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
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages   
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages   
Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary   
Arabic Language   
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Russian-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Alphabets
33   
15
24   
6
Phonology
  
  
How Many Vowels
10   
7
5   
2
How Many Consonants
21   
11
21   
11
Scripts
Cyrillic   
Latin   
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
36 weeks   
10
Greetings
Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)   
Habari   
Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)   
Asante   
How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)   
Habari gani?   
Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)   
Usiku mwema   
Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)   
Habari za jioni   
Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')   
nzuri Alasiri   
Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)   
Habari za asubuhi   
Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)   
tafadhali   
Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)   
pole   
Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)   
bye   
I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)   
nakupenda   
Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)   
Samahani   
Dialects
Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian   
Kiunguja   
Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan   
Zanzibar island   
How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
99+
Not Available   
Dialect 2
Olonets   
Kimrima   
Where They Speak
Olonets   
Dar es Salaam   
Dialect 3
Novgorod   
Kimgao   
Where They Speak
Novgorod   
Kilwa   
Total No. Of Dialects
13   
13
12   
12
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
276.00 million   
6
150.00 million   
13
Speaking Population
2.33 %   
9
Not Available   
Native Speakers
166.00 million   
8
15.00 million   
40
Second Language Speakers
110.00 million   
7
Not Available   
Native Name
Русский   
Not Available   
Alternative Names
Russki   
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili   
French Name
russe   
swahili   
German Name
Russisch   
Swahili   
Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]   
Not Available   
Ethnicity
Russians   
Swahili people or Waswahili   
History
Origin
1000 AD   
6th century   
Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family   
Niger-Congo Family   
Subgroup
Slavic   
Benue-Congo   
Branch
Eastern   
Bantu   
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old East Slavic   
No early forms   
Standard Forms
Standard Russian   
Swahili   
Language Position
7   
7
Not Available   
Signed Forms
Signed Russian   
Not Available   
Scope
Individual   
Individual, Macrolanguage   
Code
ISO 639 1
ru   
sw   
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
rus   
swa   
ISO 639 2/B
rus   
swa   
ISO 639 3
rus   
swa   
ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   
Glottocode
russ1263   
swah1254   
Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea   
99-AUS-m   
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living   
Living   
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   
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All Russian 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 Russian and Swahili dialects. Various dialects of Russian and Swahili language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Russian are spoken in different Russian Speaking Countries whereas Swahili Dialects are spoken in different Swahili speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Russian vs Swahili Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Russian dialects include: Doukhobor Russian, Olonets. Swahili dialects include: Kiunguja , Kimrima. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Russian and Swahili Speaking population

Russian and Swahili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Russian and Swahili languages can be compared. The total count of Russian and Swahili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 % 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 Russian and Swahili on Russian vs Swahili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Russian and Swahili Language Codes

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

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