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Swahili and Greek


Greek and Swahili


Countries

Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya   
Cyprus, European Union, Greece   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
3   
12

National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania   
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Roman Empire   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)   
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)   

Interesting Facts
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
    •   
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  

Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages   
Armenian   

Derived From
Arabic Language   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
24   
6
24   
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
7   
4

How Many Consonants
21   
11
17   
7

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic, Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Habari   
γεια σας (geia sas)   

Thank You
Asante   
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)   

How Are You?
Habari gani?   
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)   

Good Night
Usiku mwema   
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)   

Good Evening
Habari za jioni   
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)   

Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri   
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)   

Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi   
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)   

Please
tafadhali   
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)   

Sorry
pole   
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)   

Bye
bye   
αντίο (antío)   

I Love You
nakupenda   
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)   

Excuse Me
Samahani   
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kiunguja   
Cappadocian Greek   

Where They Speak
Zanzibar island   
Greece   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
2,800.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Kimrima   
Griko   

Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam   
Italy   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
50,000.00   
38

Dialect 3
Kimgao   
Mariupol   

Where They Speak
Kilwa   
Ukraine   

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
25   
21

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.18 %   
99+

Native Speakers
15.00 million   
40
13.00 million   
99+

Native Name
Not Available   
ελληνικά   

Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili   
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic   

French Name
swahili   
grec moderne (après 1453)   

German Name
Swahili   
Neugriechisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[eliniˈka]   

Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili   
Greeks or Hellenes   

History

Origin
6th century   
1500 BC   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Benue-Congo   
Hellenic   

Branch
Bantu   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek   

Standard Forms
Swahili   
Modern Greek   

Language Position
Not Available   
74   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Greek Sign Language   

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sw   
el   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
swa   
ell   

ISO 639 2/B
swa   
gre   

ISO 639 3
swa   
ell   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
ells   

Glottocode
swah1254   
gree1276   

Linguasphere
99-AUS-m   
56-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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

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Swahili and Greek Speaking population

Swahili and Greek speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swahili and Greek languages can be compared. The total count of Swahili and Greek Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swahili language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 %. 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 Greek on Swahili vs Greek where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Swahili and Greek Language Codes

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

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