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Swahili
Swahili
Russian
Russian
Russian and Swahili


Countries
Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya  
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan  
Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
4  
11
National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania  
Russia  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Afganistan  
Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia, Europe  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  
Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)  
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences  
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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  • In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  
Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages  
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages  
Derived From
Arabic Language  
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary  
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Russian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Alphabets
24  
6
33  
15
Phonology
  
  
How Many Vowels
5  
2
10  
7
How Many Consonants
21  
11
21  
11
Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic  
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  
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)  
Thank You
Asante  
спасибо(spasibo)  
How Are You?
Habari gani?  
Как дела? (Kak dela?)  
Good Night
Usiku mwema  
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)  
Good Evening
Habari za jioni  
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)  
Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri  
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')  
Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi  
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)  
Please
tafadhali  
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)  
Sorry
pole  
Извините(Izvinite)  
Bye
bye  
до свидания(do svidaniya)  
I Love You
nakupenda  
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)  
Excuse Me
Samahani  
извините(izvinite)  
Dialects
Dialect 1
Kiunguja  
Doukhobor Russian  
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island  
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan  
How Many People Speak
Not Available  
30,000.00  
99+
Dialect 2
Kimrima  
Olonets  
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam  
Olonets  
Dialect 3
Kimgao  
Novgorod  
Where They Speak
Kilwa  
Novgorod  
Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
13  
13
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
150.00 million  
13
276.00 million  
6
Speaking Population
Not Available  
2.33 %  
9
Native Speakers
15.00 million  
40
166.00 million  
8
Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
110.00 million  
7
Native Name
Not Available  
Русский  
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili  
Russki  
French Name
swahili  
russe  
German Name
Swahili  
Russisch  
Pronunciation
Not Available  
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]  
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili  
Russians  
History
Origin
6th century  
1000 AD  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
Slavic  
Branch
Bantu  
Eastern  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms  
Old East Slavic  
Standard Forms
Swahili  
Standard Russian  
Language Position
Not Available  
7  
7
Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Russian  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Individual  
Code
ISO 639 1
sw  
ru  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
swa  
rus  
ISO 639 2/B
swa  
rus  
ISO 639 3
swa  
rus  
ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  
Glottocode
swah1254  
russ1263  
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m  
53-AAA-ea  
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 Russian 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 Russian dialects. Various dialects of Swahili and Russian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Swahili are spoken in different Swahili Speaking Countries whereas Russian Dialects are spoken in different Russian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Swahili vs Russian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Swahili dialects include: Kiunguja, Kimrima. Russian dialects include: Doukhobor Russian , Olonets. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Swahili and Russian Speaking population

Swahili and Russian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swahili and Russian languages can be compared. The total count of Swahili and Russian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swahili language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 %. 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 Russian on Swahili vs Russian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Swahili and Russian Language Codes

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

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