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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
46
About Bhojpuri Language
0 46
1.3 National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
South Africa
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
France, Germany, Indonesia
1.7 Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
1.8 Interesting Facts
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
  • Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
  • There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
1.9 Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
German and English Languages
1.10 Derived From
Arabic Language
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2426
About Irish Language
18 247
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
56
About Hebrew Language
0 32
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2121
About German Language
9 60
2.4 Scripts
Latin
Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
36
About Bengali Language
2 12
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks24 weeks
About Cebuano Language
3 88
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Habari
Hallo
3.2 Thank You
Asante
dankjewel
3.3 How Are You?
Habari gani?
hoe gaat het met je?
3.4 Good Night
Usiku mwema
goede Nacht
3.5 Good Evening
Habari za jioni
goedenavond
3.6 Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
goedemiddag
3.7 Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
goedemorgen
3.8 Please
tafadhali
alsjeblieft
3.9 Sorry
pole
sorry
3.10 Bye
bye
vaarwel
3.11 I Love You
nakupenda
Ik hou van jou
3.12 Excuse Me
Samahani
pardon
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Kiunguja
Gronings
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
Netherlands
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA590,000.00
About Macedonian Language
1.5 960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Kimrima
Low Saxon
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA4,000,000.00
About Dzongkha Language
700 80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Kimgao
Limburgian
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Kilwa
Belgium, Netherlands
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA1,300,000.00
About Romanian Language
1400 96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
127
About Sanskrit Language
0 188
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
150.00 million28.00 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 1200
5.2 Speaking Population
NA0.32 %
About Xhosa Language
0.11 89
5.3 Native Speakers
15.00 million22.00 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
NA6.00 million
About Finnish Language
0.01 400
5.3.2 Native Name
Not Available
Nederlands
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Hollands, Nederlands
5.3.4 French Name
swahili
néerlandais; flamand
5.3.5 German Name
Swahili
Niederländisch
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
5.5 Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
Dutch people
6 History
6.1 Origin
6th century
AD 450-500
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Germanic
6.2.2 Branch
Bantu
Western
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Swahili
Standard Dutch
6.3.3 Language Position
NA48
About Chinese Language
1 120
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
6.4 Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
sw
nl
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
swa
nld
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
swa
dut
7.3 ISO 639 3
swa
nld
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
swah1254
mode1257
7.6 Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
52-ACB-a
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Historical
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Synthetic

Swahili and Dutch Alphabets

Swahili and Dutch Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Swahili and Dutch. In Swahili Alphabets there are 24 letters while in Dutch Alphabets there are 26 letters. To learn Swahili and Dutch languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Swahili and Dutch languages. The Swahili phonology consist Swahili vowels and Swahili consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Swahili greetings vs Dutch greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Swahili and Dutch are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Swahili and Dutch Speaking population

Swahili and Dutch speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swahili and Dutch languages can be compared. The total count of Swahili and Dutch Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swahili language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 %. 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 Swahili and Dutch on Swahili vs Dutch where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Swahili and Dutch Language Codes

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