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Serbian and Swahili


Swahili and Serbian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia   
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
4   
11

National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia   
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
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language   
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)   

Interesting Facts
  • Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
  • Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
  
  • 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
Bosnian and Croatian Languages   
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Arabic Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Serbian-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
Cyrillic, Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)   
Habari   

Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)   
Asante   

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)   
Habari gani?   

Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)   
Usiku mwema   

Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)   
Habari za jioni   

Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)   
nzuri Alasiri   

Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)   
Habari za asubuhi   

Please
Молим (Molim)   
tafadhali   

Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)   
pole   

Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)   
bye   

I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)   
nakupenda   

Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)   
Samahani   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok   
Kiunguja   

Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia   
Zanzibar island   

Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac   
Kimrima   

Where They Speak
Serbia   
Dar es Salaam   

Dialect 3
Torlakian   
Kimgao   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   
Kilwa   

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00   
17
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
12   
12

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
8.70 million   
99+
15.00 million   
40

Native Name
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)   
Not Available   

Alternative Names
Montenegrin   
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili   

French Name
serbe   
swahili   

German Name
Serbisch   
Swahili   

Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Serbs   
Swahili people or Waswahili   

History

Origin
11th 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
Standard Serbian   
Swahili   

Language Position
44   
33
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
sr   
sw   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
srp   
swa   

ISO 639 2/B
srp   
swa   

ISO 639 3
srp   
swa   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
serb1264   
swah1254   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-g   
99-AUS-m   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Serbian and Swahili Speaking population

Serbian and Swahili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Serbian and Swahili languages can be compared. The total count of Serbian and Swahili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Serbian language is Not Available 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 Serbian and Swahili on Serbian vs Swahili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Serbian and Swahili Language Codes

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

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