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Swahili and Albanian


Albanian and Swahili


Countries

Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya   
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
2   
13

National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania   
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania   

Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)   
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana   

Interesting Facts
  • 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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  • Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
  • 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
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Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages   
Romanian   

Derived From
Arabic Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
24   
6
36   
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
7   
4

How Many Consonants
21   
11
29   
19

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Habari   
Përshëndetje   

Thank You
Asante   
Ju faleminderit   

How Are You?
Habari gani?   
Si jeni?   

Good Night
Usiku mwema   
natën e mirë   

Good Evening
Habari za jioni   
mirëmbrëma   

Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri   
mirëdita   

Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi   
mirëmengjes   

Please
tafadhali   
Ju lutem   

Sorry
pole   
Me fal   

Bye
bye   
mirupafshim   

I Love You
nakupenda   
unë e dua ju   

Excuse Me
Samahani   
Më falni   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kiunguja   
Gheg Albanian   

Where They Speak
Zanzibar island   
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
3,400,000.00   
20

Dialect 2
Kimrima   
Tosk Albanian   

Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam   
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,800,000.00   
20

Dialect 3
Kimgao   
Arbëresh   

Where They Speak
Kilwa   
Italy   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
100,000.00   
28

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
4   
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
15.00 million   
40
3.10 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
3.60 million   
31

Native Name
Not Available   
shqip / gjuha shqipe   

Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili   
Not Available   

French Name
swahili   
albanais   

German Name
Swahili   
Albanisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ʃcip]   

Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili   
Albanians   

History

Origin
6th century   
1462 AD   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Benue-Congo   
Not Available   

Branch
Bantu   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Albanian   

Standard Forms
Swahili   
Standard Albanian   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)   

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sw   
sq   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
swa   
sqi   

ISO 639 2/B
swa   
alb   

ISO 639 3
swa   
sqi   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
swah1254   
alba1267   

Linguasphere
99-AUS-m   
55-AAA-aaa   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Synthetic   

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

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Swahili and Albanian Speaking population

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Swahili and Albanian Language Codes

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

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