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Swahili and Romanian


Romanian and Swahili


Countries

Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya   
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
6   
9

National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania   
Moldova, Romania   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Kazakhstan, Russia   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)   
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li   

Interesting Facts
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
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  • Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
  • The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  

Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages   
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.   

Derived From
Arabic Language   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
24   
6
31   
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
7   
4

How Many Consonants
21   
11
20   
10

Scripts
Latin   
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
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Habari   
alo   

Thank You
Asante   
multumesc   

How Are You?
Habari gani?   
ce mai faci?   

Good Night
Usiku mwema   
noapte Buna   

Good Evening
Habari za jioni   
buna Seara   

Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri   
buna Ziua   

Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi   
bună Dimineața   

Please
tafadhali   
Vă Rog   

Sorry
pole   
scuze   

Bye
bye   
La revedere   

I Love You
nakupenda   
Te iubesc   

Excuse Me
Samahani   
Scuza-Ma   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kiunguja   
Aromanian   

Where They Speak
Zanzibar island   
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
250,000.00   
38

Dialect 2
Kimrima   
Megleno-Romanian   

Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam   
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
5,000.00   
99+

Dialect 3
Kimgao   
Istro-Romanian   

Where They Speak
Kilwa   
Croatia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,400.00   
37

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
10   
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
150.00 million   
13
28.00 million   
38

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.37 %   
35

Native Speakers
15.00 million   
40
24.00 million   
33

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
4.00 million   
30

Native Name
Not Available   
Română   

Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili   
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian   

French Name
swahili   
roumain; moldave   

German Name
Swahili   
Rumänisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[roˈmɨnə]   

Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili   
Romanians   

History

Origin
6th century   
1521   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Benue-Congo   
Not Available   

Branch
Bantu   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Proto-Romanian   

Standard Forms
Swahili   
Romanian   

Language Position
Not Available   
36   
28

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Romanian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sw   
ro   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
swa   
ron   

ISO 639 2/B
swa   
rum   

ISO 639 3
swa   
ron   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
swah1254   
roma1327   

Linguasphere
99-AUS-m   
51-AAD-c   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Synthetic   

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

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Swahili and Romanian Speaking population

Swahili and Romanian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swahili and Romanian languages can be compared. The total count of Swahili and Romanian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swahili language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Romanian language is 0.37 %. 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 Romanian on Swahili vs Romanian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Swahili and Romanian Language Codes

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

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