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
Swedish and Swahili 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 Swedish and Swahili greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Swedish and Swahili language. Swedish word for "Hello" is hej or Swahili word for "Thank You" is Asante. Find more of such common Swedish Greetings and Swahili Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Swedish vs Swahili Difficulty
The Swedish vs Swahili difficulty level basically depends on the number of Swedish Alphabets and Swahili 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 Swedish and Swahili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Swedish and Swahili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Swedish is 24 weeks while to learn Swahili time required is 36 weeks.