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Swahili and Slovak


Slovak and Swahili


Countries

Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya  
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
4  
11

National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania  
Slovakia, Vojvodina, 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  
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)  
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic  

Interesting Facts
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
    •   
  • Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
  • Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  

Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages  
Czech Language  

Derived From
Arabic Language  
Czech-Slovak Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
24  
6
46  
26

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
15  
12

How Many Consonants
21  
11
38  
27

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
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Habari  
Ahoj  

Thank You
Asante  
Ďakujem vám  

How Are You?
Habari gani?  
Ako sa máte?  

Good Night
Usiku mwema  
Dobrú noc  

Good Evening
Habari za jioni  
Dobrý večer  

Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri  
Dobré popoludnie  

Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi  
Dobré ráno  

Please
tafadhali  
Prosím  

Sorry
pole  
Pardón!  

Bye
bye  
Dovidenia  

I Love You
nakupenda  
Ľúbim Ťa  

Excuse Me
Samahani  
Prepáčte!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kiunguja  
Eastern Slovak  

Where They Speak
Zanzibar island  
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin  

Dialect 2
Kimrima  
Central Slovak  

Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam  
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec  

Dialect 3
Kimgao  
Western Slovak  

Where They Speak
Kilwa  
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie  

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
150.00 million  
13
5.20 million  
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
15.00 million  
40
5.20 million  
99+

Native Name
Not Available  
slovenčina  

Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili  
Slovakian, Slovencina  

French Name
swahili  
slovaque  

German Name
Swahili  
Slowakisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili  
Slovaks  

History

Origin
6th century  
6th Century  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
Slavic  

Branch
Bantu  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Slavic  

Standard Forms
Swahili  
Slovak  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sw  
sk  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
swa  
slk  

ISO 639 2/B
swa  
slo  

ISO 639 3
swa  
slk  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
swah1254  
slov1269  

Linguasphere
99-AUS-m  
53-AAA-db  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Synthetic  

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

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Swahili and Slovak Speaking population

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Swahili and Slovak Language Codes

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