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Swahili vs Croatian


Croatian vs Swahili


Countries

Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya  
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
9  
7

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

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  
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania  

Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)  
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics  

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 croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
  • Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
  

Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages  
Serbain and Bosnian  

Derived From
Arabic Language  
Church Slavonic  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
24  
6
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
21  
11
25  
15

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
10
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Habari  
bok  

Thank You
Asante  
hvala  

How Are You?
Habari gani?  
kako si  

Good Night
Usiku mwema  
laku noć  

Good Evening
Habari za jioni  
dobra večer  

Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri  
dobar dan  

Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi  
dobro jutro  

Please
tafadhali  
molim  

Sorry
pole  
Oprostite  

Bye
bye  
Doviđenja  

I Love You
nakupenda  
Volim te  

Excuse Me
Samahani  
Ispričavam se  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kiunguja  
Chakavian  

Where They Speak
Zanzibar island  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
660,000.00  
31

Dialect 2
Kimrima  
Chakavian  

Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam  
Croatia  

Dialect 3
Kimgao  
Shtokavian  

Where They Speak
Kilwa  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
13,000,000.00  
5

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
79  
33

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
150.00 million  
13
89.00 million  
18

Speaking Population
Not Available  
89.00 %  
1

Native Speakers
15.00 million  
40
5.60 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
1.25 million  
36

Native Name
Not Available  
hrvatski  

Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili  
Hrvatski  

French Name
swahili  
croate  

German Name
Swahili  
Kroatisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]  

Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili  
Croats  

History

Origin
6th century  
9th century  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
Not Available  

Branch
Bantu  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Swahili  
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian  

Language Position
Not Available  
23  
19

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Croatian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sw  
hr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
swa  
hrv  

ISO 639 2/B
swa  
hrv  

ISO 639 3
swa  
hrv  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
swah1254  
croa1245  

Linguasphere
99-AUS-m  
part of 53-AAA-g  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Swahili and Croatian Language History

Comparison of Swahili vs Croatian language history gives us differences between origin of Swahili and Croatian language. History of Swahili language states that this language originated in 6th century whereas history of Croatian language states that this language originated in 9th century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Swahili and Croatian Language History.

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Swahili and Croatian Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Swahili and Croatian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Swahili and Croatian language. Swahili word for "Hello" is Habari or Croatian word for "Thank You" is hvala. Find more of such common Swahili Greetings and Croatian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Swahili vs Croatian Difficulty

The Swahili vs Croatian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Swahili Alphabets and Croatian Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Swahili and Croatian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Swahili and Croatian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Swahili is 36 weeks while to learn Croatian time required is 44 weeks.

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