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Swahili and Swedish


Swedish and Swahili


Countries

Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya   
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
4   
11

National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania   
Sweden   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Finland   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Antartica, Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)   
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council   

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 Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  

Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages   
Norwegian and Danish Language   

Derived From
Arabic Language   
Old Norse Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
24   
6
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
9   
6

How Many Consonants
21   
11
18   
8

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   
hej   

Thank You
Asante   
tacka dig   

How Are You?
Habari gani?   
hur mår du   

Good Night
Usiku mwema   
godnatt   

Good Evening
Habari za jioni   
god kväll   

Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri   
god eftermiddag   

Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi   
god morgon   

Please
tafadhali   
vänligen   

Sorry
pole   
ledsen   

Bye
bye   
hej då   

I Love You
nakupenda   
jag älskar dig   

Excuse Me
Samahani   
ursäkta mig   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kiunguja   
Dialects   

Where They Speak
Zanzibar island   
Gabon   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
78,000,000.00   
6

Dialect 2
Kimrima   
Dialects   

Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam   
Georgia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
78,000,000.00   
2

Dialect 3
Kimgao   
Dialects   

Where They Speak
Kilwa   
France   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
96,000,000.00   
1

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
79   
33

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.13 %   
99+

Native Speakers
15.00 million   
40
8.70 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
5.00 million   
29

Native Name
Not Available   
Svenska   

Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili   
Ruotsi, Svenska   

French Name
swahili   
suédois   

German Name
Swahili   
Schwedisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]   

Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili   
Swedes, Finland Swedes   

History

Origin
6th century   
13th Century   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Benue-Congo   
Germanic   

Branch
Bantu   
Northern (Scandinavian)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Swedish   

Standard Forms
Swahili   
Standard Swedish   

Language Position
Not Available   
89   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")   

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sw   
sv   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
swa   
swe   

ISO 639 2/B
swa   
swe   

ISO 639 3
swa   
swe   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
swah1254   
swed1254   

Linguasphere
99-AUS-m   
52-AAA-ck to -cw   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Swahili and Swedish Speaking population

Swahili and Swedish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swahili and Swedish languages can be compared. The total count of Swahili and Swedish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swahili language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Swedish language is 0.13 %. 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 Swedish on Swahili vs Swedish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Swahili and Swedish Language Codes

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

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