Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
  
European Union, Slovenia
  
National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
  
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia
  
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
  
Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
  
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
  
Interesting Facts
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
- The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
- The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
  
Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
  
Serbo-Croatian
  
Derived From
Arabic Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Slovene-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Habari
  
Halo
  
Thank You
Asante
  
Hvala
  
How Are You?
Habari gani?
  
Kako se imate?
  
Good Night
Usiku mwema
  
Lahko noč
  
Good Evening
Habari za jioni
  
Dober večer
  
Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
  
Dober dan
  
Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
  
Dobro jutro
  
Please
tafadhali
  
Prosim
  
Sorry
pole
  
Oprostite
  
Bye
bye
  
Nasvidenje
  
I Love You
nakupenda
  
Ljubim te
  
Excuse Me
Samahani
  
Oprostite
  
Dialect 1
Kiunguja
  
Prekmurje Slovene
  
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
  
Hungary, Slovenia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Kimrima
  
Resian
  
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
  
Italy
  
Dialect 3
Kimgao
  
Styrian
  
Where They Speak
Kilwa
  
Slovenia
  
How Many People Speak?
150.00 million
  
13
2.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
15.00 million
  
40
2.50 million
  
99+
Native Name
Not Available
  
Not available
  
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
  
Slovenian, Slovenscina
  
French Name
swahili
  
slovène
  
German Name
Swahili
  
Slowenisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]
  
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
  
Slovenes
  
Origin
6th century
  
972-1093
  
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
  
Slovene
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sw
  
sl
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
swa
  
slv
  
ISO 639 2/B
swa
  
slv
  
ISO 639 3
swa
  
slv
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
swah1254
  
slov1268
  
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
  
53-AAA-f
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional
  
Swahili and Slovene 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 Slovene greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Swahili and Slovene language. Swahili word for "Hello" is Habari or Slovene word for "Thank You" is Hvala. Find more of such common Swahili Greetings and Slovene Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Swahili vs Slovene Difficulty
The Swahili vs Slovene difficulty level basically depends on the number of Swahili Alphabets and Slovene 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 Slovene are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Swahili and Slovene, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Swahili is 36 weeks while to learn Slovene time required is 44 weeks.