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Swahili and Turkish


Turkish and Swahili


Countries

Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya   
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
11   
5

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

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania   

Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)   
Turkish Language Association   

Interesting Facts
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
    •   
  • Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
  • Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  

Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages   
Azerbaijani Language   

Derived From
Arabic Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
24   
6
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
8   
5

How Many Consonants
21   
11
21   
11

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   
Merhaba   

Thank You
Asante   
teşekkür ederim   

How Are You?
Habari gani?   
Nasılsın?   

Good Night
Usiku mwema   
İyi Geceler   

Good Evening
Habari za jioni   
İyi Akşamlar   

Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri   
Tünaydın   

Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi   
günaydın   

Please
tafadhali   
lütfen   

Sorry
pole   
üzgünüm   

Bye
bye   
Hoşçakal   

I Love You
nakupenda   
Seni seviyorum   

Excuse Me
Samahani   
Afedersiniz   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kiunguja   
Azerbaijani Turkish   

Where They Speak
Zanzibar island   
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
26,000,000.00   
9

Dialect 2
Kimrima   
Crimean Turkish   

Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam   
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
480,000.00   
29

Dialect 3
Kimgao   
Gagauz   

Where They Speak
Kilwa   
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
140,000.00   
26

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
9   
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
150.00 million   
13
75.00 million   
23

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.95 %   
21

Native Speakers
15.00 million   
40
60.00 million   
20

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
15.00 million   
18

Native Name
Not Available   
Türkçe   

Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili   
Anatolian, Türkisch   

French Name
swahili   
turc   

German Name
Swahili   
Türkisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]   

Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili   
Turkish   

History

Origin
6th century   
c. 1350   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Turkic Family   

Subgroup
Benue-Congo   
Turkic   

Branch
Bantu   
Southwestern(Oghuz)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish   

Standard Forms
Swahili   
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)   

Language Position
Not Available   
19   
17

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Turkish Sign Language   

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sw   
tr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
swa   
tur   

ISO 639 2/B
swa   
tur   

ISO 639 3
swa   
tur   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
swah1254   
nucl1301   

Linguasphere
99-AUS-m   
44-AAB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Synthetic   

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

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Swahili and Turkish Speaking population

Swahili and Turkish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swahili and Turkish languages can be compared. The total count of Swahili and Turkish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swahili language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Turkish language is 0.95 %. 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 Turkish on Swahili vs Turkish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Swahili and Turkish Language Codes

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

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