Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Macedonia
National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, 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
Albania, Romania, Serbia
Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"
Interesting Facts
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
- There are plenty of loan words in Macedonian language from the Serbian, Bulgarian and Russian languages.
- The only Indo-European language that make use of the narrative mood is Macedonian language.
Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages
Derived From
Arabic Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Macedonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
Writing Direction
Not Available
Not Available
Hello
Habari
Здраво (Zdravo)
Thank You
Asante
Благодарам (Blagodaram)
How Are You?
Habari gani?
Како си? (Kako si?)
Good Night
Usiku mwema
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)
Good Evening
Habari za jioni
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)
Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
Добар ден (Dobar den)
Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
Please
tafadhali
Ве молиме (Ve molime)
I Love You
nakupenda
Те сакам (Te sakam)
Excuse Me
Samahani
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Dialect 1
Kiunguja
Torlakian
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
Macedonia
Dialect 3
Kimgao
Galičnik
Where They Speak
Kilwa
Macedonia
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
Native Name
Not Available
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic
French Name
swahili
macédonien
German Name
Swahili
Makedonisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
Macedonians
Origin
6th century
2200 BC
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Slavic
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Swahili
Macedonian
Signed Forms
Not Available
Macedonian Sign Language
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
swah1254
mace1250
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
53-AAA-ha
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Analytic
Swahili and Macedonian 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 Macedonian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Swahili and Macedonian language. Swahili word for "Hello" is Habari or Macedonian word for "Thank You" is Благодарам (Blagodaram). Find more of such common Swahili Greetings and Macedonian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Swahili vs Macedonian Difficulty
The Swahili vs Macedonian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Swahili Alphabets and Macedonian 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 Macedonian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Swahili and Macedonian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Swahili is 36 weeks while to learn Macedonian time required is 44 weeks.