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Slovak vs Swahili


Swahili vs Slovak


Countries

Countries
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia  
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
4  
11

National Language
Slovakia, Vojvodina, 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
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic  
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)  

Interesting Facts
  • Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
  • Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written 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
Czech Language  
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages  

Derived From
Czech-Slovak Language  
Arabic Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
46  
26
24  
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15  
12
5  
2

How Many Consonants
38  
27
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
44 weeks  
11
36 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
Ahoj  
Habari  

Thank You
Ďakujem vám  
Asante  

How Are You?
Ako sa máte?  
Habari gani?  

Good Night
Dobrú noc  
Usiku mwema  

Good Evening
Dobrý večer  
Habari za jioni  

Good Afternoon
Dobré popoludnie  
nzuri Alasiri  

Good Morning
Dobré ráno  
Habari za asubuhi  

Please
Prosím  
tafadhali  

Sorry
Pardón!  
pole  

Bye
Dovidenia  
bye  

I Love You
Ľúbim Ťa  
nakupenda  

Excuse Me
Prepáčte!  
Samahani  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Slovak  
Kiunguja  

Where They Speak
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin  
Zanzibar island  

Dialect 2
Central Slovak  
Kimrima  

Where They Speak
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec  
Dar es Salaam  

Dialect 3
Western Slovak  
Kimgao  

Where They Speak
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie  
Kilwa  

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
12  
12

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
5.20 million  
99+
15.00 million  
40

Native Name
slovenčina  
Not Available  

Alternative Names
Slovakian, Slovencina  
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili  

French Name
slovaque  
swahili  

German Name
Slowakisch  
Swahili  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Slovaks  
Swahili people or Waswahili  

History

Origin
6th Century  
6th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
Western  
Bantu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Slavic  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Slovak  
Swahili  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
sk  
sw  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
slk  
swa  

ISO 639 2/B
slo  
swa  

ISO 639 3
slk  
swa  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
slov1269  
swah1254  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-db  
99-AUS-m  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Not Available  

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Slovak and Swahili Language History

Comparison of Slovak vs Swahili language history gives us differences between origin of Slovak and Swahili language. History of Slovak language states that this language originated in 6th Century whereas history of Swahili language states that this language originated in 6th century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Slovak and Swahili Language History.

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Slovak and Swahili Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Slovak and Swahili greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Slovak and Swahili language. Slovak word for "Hello" is Ahoj or Swahili word for "Thank You" is Asante. Find more of such common Slovak Greetings and Swahili Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Slovak vs Swahili Difficulty

The Slovak vs Swahili difficulty level basically depends on the number of Slovak Alphabets and Swahili Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Slovak and Swahili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Slovak and Swahili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Slovak is 44 weeks while to learn Swahili time required is 36 weeks.

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