Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
National Language
Sweden
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Second Language
Finland
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Antartica, Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Interesting Facts
- In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
Similar To
Norwegian and Danish Language
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Derived From
Old Norse Language
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200
Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Thank You
tacka dig
Asante
How Are You?
hur mår du
Habari gani?
Good Night
godnatt
Usiku mwema
Good Evening
god kväll
Habari za jioni
Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag
nzuri Alasiri
Good Morning
god morgon
Habari za asubuhi
Please
vänligen
tafadhali
I Love You
jag älskar dig
nakupenda
Excuse Me
ursäkta mig
Samahani
Dialect 1
Dialects
Kiunguja
Where They Speak
Gabon
Zanzibar island
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Dialects
Kimrima
Where They Speak
Georgia
Dar es Salaam
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Dialects
Kimgao
Where They Speak
France
Kilwa
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Svenska
Not Available
Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
French Name
suédois
swahili
German Name
Schwedisch
Swahili
Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes
Swahili people or Waswahili
Origin
13th Century
6th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Benue-Congo
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
Bantu
Early Forms
Old Swedish
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Swedish
Swahili
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
swed1254
swah1254
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ck to -cw
99-AUS-m
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available
All Swedish and Swahili 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 Swedish and Swahili dialects. Various dialects of Swedish and Swahili language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Swedish are spoken in different Swedish Speaking Countries whereas Swahili Dialects are spoken in different Swahili speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Swedish vs Swahili Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Swedish dialects include: Dialects, Dialects. Swahili dialects include: Kiunguja , Kimrima. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Swedish and Swahili Speaking population
Swedish and Swahili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swedish and Swahili languages can be compared. The total count of Swedish and Swahili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swedish language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Swahili language is Not Available. 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 Swedish and Swahili on Swedish vs Swahili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Swedish and Swahili Language Codes
Swedish and Swahili language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Swedish and Swahili Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.
