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Swahili and Portuguese

1 Countries
1.1 Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
410
About Bhojpuri Language
0 46
1.3 National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Portugal
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
United States of America
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
1.7 Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
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.
  • Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
  • The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
1.9 Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Spanish and Galician Languages
1.10 Derived From
Arabic Language
Latin
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2423
About Irish Language
18 247
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
59
About Hebrew Language
0 32
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2119
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
Olá
3.2 Thank You
Asante
obrigado
3.3 How Are You?
Habari gani?
Como você está?
3.4 Good Night
Usiku mwema
boa noite
3.5 Good Evening
Habari za jioni
boa Noite
3.6 Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
boa Tarde
3.7 Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
bom Dia
3.8 Please
tafadhali
Por Favor
3.9 Sorry
pole
pesaroso
3.10 Bye
bye
tchau
3.11 I Love You
nakupenda
Eu te amo
3.12 Excuse Me
Samahani
desculpe me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Kiunguja
Brazilian Portuguese
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
Brazil
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA204,000,000.00
About Macedonian Language
1.5 960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Kimrima
European Portuguese
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
Portugal
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA10,000,000.00
About Dzongkha Language
700 80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Kimgao
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Kilwa
Daman and Diu
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA4,000.00
About Romanian Language
1400 96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
1226
About Sanskrit Language
0 188
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
150.00 million231.00 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 1200
5.2 Speaking Population
NA3.27 %
About Xhosa Language
0.11 89
5.3 Native Speakers
15.00 million216.00 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
NA15.00 million
About Finnish Language
0.01 400
5.3.2 Native Name
Not Available
Português
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Português
5.3.4 French Name
swahili
portugais
5.3.5 German Name
Swahili
Portugiesisch
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
5.5 Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
Portuguese people or portugueses
6 History
6.1 Origin
6th century
3rd Century
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Romance
6.2.2 Branch
Bantu
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Medieval Galician
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Swahili
Portuguese
6.3.3 Language Position
NA6
About Chinese Language
1 120
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Portuguese
6.4 Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
sw
pt
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
swa
por
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
swa
por
7.3 ISO 639 3
swa
por
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
swah1254
port1283
7.6 Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
51-AAA-a
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available

Swahili and Portuguese Alphabets

Swahili and Portuguese Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Swahili and Portuguese. In Swahili Alphabets there are 24 letters while in Portuguese Alphabets there are 23 letters. To learn Swahili and Portuguese languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Swahili and Portuguese 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 Portuguese greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Swahili and Portuguese are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Swahili and Portuguese Speaking population

Swahili and Portuguese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swahili and Portuguese languages can be compared. The total count of Swahili and Portuguese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swahili language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Portuguese language is 3.27 %. 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 Portuguese on Swahili vs Portuguese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Swahili and Portuguese Language Codes

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