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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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