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Swahili vs Serbian


Serbian vs Swahili


Countries

Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
4  
11

National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania  
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, 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  
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia  

Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)  
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language  

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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  • Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
  • Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
  

Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages  
Bosnian and Croatian Languages  

Derived From
Arabic Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Serbian-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  
Cyrillic, Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
10
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Habari  
Здраво (Zdravo)  

Thank You
Asante  
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)  

How Are You?
Habari gani?  
Како си? (Kako si?)  

Good Night
Usiku mwema  
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)  

Good Evening
Habari za jioni  
Добро вече (Dobro veče)  

Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri  
Добар дан (Dobar dan)  

Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi  
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)  

Please
tafadhali  
Молим (Molim)  

Sorry
pole  
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)  

Bye
bye  
Довиђења (Doviđenja)  

I Love You
nakupenda  
Волим те (Volim te)  

Excuse Me
Samahani  
Извините (Izvinite)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kiunguja  
Prizren-Timok  

Where They Speak
Zanzibar island  
Southeastern Serbia  

Dialect 2
Kimrima  
Smederevo–Vršac  

Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam  
Serbia  

Dialect 3
Kimgao  
Torlakian  

Where They Speak
Kilwa  
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
1,500,000.00  
17

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
15.00 million  
40
8.70 million  
99+

Native Name
Not Available  
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)  

Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili  
Montenegrin  

French Name
swahili  
serbe  

German Name
Swahili  
Serbisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[sr̩̂pskiː]  

Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili  
Serbs  

History

Origin
6th century  
11th 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  
Standard Serbian  

Language Position
Not Available  
44  
33

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sw  
sr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
swa  
srp  

ISO 639 2/B
swa  
srp  

ISO 639 3
swa  
srp  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
swah1254  
serb1264  

Linguasphere
99-AUS-m  
53-AAA-g  

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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Swahili and Serbian Language History

Comparison of Swahili vs Serbian language history gives us differences between origin of Swahili and Serbian language. History of Swahili language states that this language originated in 6th century whereas history of Serbian language states that this language originated in 11th 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 Serbian Language History.

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Swahili and Serbian 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 Serbian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Swahili and Serbian language. Swahili word for "Hello" is Habari or Serbian word for "Thank You" is Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo). Find more of such common Swahili Greetings and Serbian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Swahili vs Serbian Difficulty

The Swahili vs Serbian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Swahili Alphabets and Serbian 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 Serbian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Swahili and Serbian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Swahili is 36 weeks while to learn Serbian time required is 44 weeks.

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