Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Macedonia
National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Albania, Romania, Serbia
Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"
Interesting Facts
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
- There are plenty of loan words in Macedonian language from the Serbian, Bulgarian and Russian languages.
- The only Indo-European language that make use of the narrative mood is Macedonian language.
Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages
Derived From
Arabic Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Macedonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
Writing Direction
Not Available
Not Available
Hello
Habari
Здраво (Zdravo)
Thank You
Asante
Благодарам (Blagodaram)
How Are You?
Habari gani?
Како си? (Kako si?)
Good Night
Usiku mwema
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)
Good Evening
Habari za jioni
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)
Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
Добар ден (Dobar den)
Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
Please
tafadhali
Ве молиме (Ve molime)
I Love You
nakupenda
Те сакам (Te sakam)
Excuse Me
Samahani
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Dialect 1
Kiunguja
Torlakian
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
Macedonia
Dialect 3
Kimgao
Galičnik
Where They Speak
Kilwa
Macedonia
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
Native Name
Not Available
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic
French Name
swahili
macédonien
German Name
Swahili
Makedonisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
Macedonians
Origin
6th century
2200 BC
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Slavic
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Swahili
Macedonian
Signed Forms
Not Available
Macedonian Sign Language
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
swah1254
mace1250
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
53-AAA-ha
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Analytic
All Swahili and Macedonian 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 Macedonian dialects. Various dialects of Swahili and Macedonian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Swahili are spoken in different Swahili Speaking Countries whereas Macedonian Dialects are spoken in different Macedonian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Swahili vs Macedonian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Swahili dialects include: Kiunguja, Kimrima. Macedonian dialects include: Torlakian , Debar. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Swahili and Macedonian Speaking population
Swahili and Macedonian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swahili and Macedonian languages can be compared. The total count of Swahili and Macedonian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swahili language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Macedonian language is Not Available. 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 Macedonian on Swahili vs Macedonian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Swahili and Macedonian Language Codes
Swahili and Macedonian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Swahili and Macedonian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.