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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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Spanish and Swahili Language History

Comparison of Spanish vs Swahili language history gives us differences between origin of Spanish and Swahili language. History of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 BC 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 Spanish and Swahili Language History.

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Spanish 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 Spanish and Swahili greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Spanish and Swahili language. Spanish word for "Hello" is hola or Swahili word for "Thank You" is Asante. Find more of such common Spanish Greetings and Swahili Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Spanish vs Swahili Difficulty

The Spanish vs Swahili difficulty level basically depends on the number of Spanish 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 Spanish and Swahili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Spanish and Swahili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Spanish is 24 weeks while to learn Swahili time required is 36 weeks.

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