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Swahili and Spanish


Countries

Countries
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara   
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya   

Total No. Of Countries
46   
1
4   
11

National Language
Spain   
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania   

Second Language
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America   
Africa   

Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española   
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic 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
French Language   
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages   

Derived From
Latin   
Arabic Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27   
9
24   
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
22   
12
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
24 weeks   
6
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
hola   
Habari   

Thank You
Gracias   
Asante   

How Are You?
Cómo estás?   
Habari gani?   

Good Night
Buenas Noches   
Usiku mwema   

Good Evening
Bonne soirée   
Habari za jioni   

Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes   
nzuri Alasiri   

Good Morning
Buenos Días   
Habari za asubuhi   

Please
Por Favor   
tafadhali   

Sorry
triste   
pole   

Bye
adiós   
bye   

I Love You
Te Quiero   
nakupenda   

Excuse Me
Discúlpeme   
Samahani   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish   
Kiunguja   

Where They Speak
Mexico   
Zanzibar island   

How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00   
5
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish   
Kimrima   

Where They Speak
Cuba   
Dar es Salaam   

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00   
8
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish   
Kimgao   

Where They Speak
Puerto Rico   
Kilwa   

How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00   
9
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
21   
19
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
489.00 million   
3
150.00 million   
13

Speaking Population
6.15 %   
3
Not Available   

Native Speakers
410.00 million   
2
15.00 million   
40

Second Language Speakers
89.50 million   
9
Not Available   

Native Name
Español   
Not Available   

Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español   
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili   

French Name
espagnol; castillan   
swahili   

German Name
Spanisch   
Swahili   

Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Swahili people or Waswahili   

History

Origin
210 BC   
6th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Not Available   
Bantu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish   
Swahili   

Language Position
2   
2
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Spanish   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
es   
sw   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
spa   
swa   

ISO 639 2/B
spa   
swa   

ISO 639 3
spa   
swa   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1288   
swah1254   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-b   
99-AUS-m   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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

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Spanish and Swahili Speaking population

Spanish and Swahili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Spanish and Swahili languages can be compared. The total count of Spanish and Swahili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Spanish language is 6.15 % 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 Spanish and Swahili on Spanish vs Swahili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Spanish and Swahili Language Codes

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