Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Germany
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
North Dakota, United States of America
Speaking Continents
Africa
Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Council for German Orthography
Interesting Facts
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
- One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
- The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
Derived From
Arabic Language
Albanian Languages
Alphabets in
Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200
German-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
Habari gani?
Wie geht es dir?
Good Night
Usiku mwema
gute Nacht
Good Evening
Habari za jioni
guten Abend
Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
guten Tag
Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
guten Morgen
I Love You
nakupenda
Ich liebe dich
Excuse Me
Samahani
Entschuldigung
Dialect 1
Kiunguja
Swiss German
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
Switzerland
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Kimrima
Swabian German
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
Germany
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Kimgao
Texas German
Where They Speak
Kilwa
Texas
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Not Available
Deutsch
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Deutsch, Tedesco
French Name
swahili
allemand
German Name
Swahili
Deutsch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
Germans
Origin
6th century
6th Century AD
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Germanic
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Swahili
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed German
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
deus
Glottocode
swah1254
high1287, uppe1397
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
52-ACB–dl & -dm
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional, Synthetic
All Swahili and German 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 German dialects. Various dialects of Swahili and German language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Swahili are spoken in different Swahili Speaking Countries whereas German Dialects are spoken in different German speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Swahili vs German Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Swahili dialects include: Kiunguja, Kimrima. German dialects include: Swiss German , Swabian German. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Swahili and German Speaking population
Swahili and German speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swahili and German languages can be compared. The total count of Swahili and German Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swahili language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 %. 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 German on Swahili vs German where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Swahili and German Language Codes
Swahili and German language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Swahili and German Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.