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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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