Countries
India, No official status
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
National Language
India
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Not Available
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Interesting Facts
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
Similar To
Maithili and Magahi
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Hello
प्रणाम (prannam)
Habari
Thank You
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
Asante
How Are You?
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
Habari gani?
Good Night
राम राम (raam raam)
Usiku mwema
Good Evening
राम राम (raam raam)
Habari za jioni
Good Afternoon
राम राम (raam raam)
nzuri Alasiri
Good Morning
राम राम (raam raam)
Habari za asubuhi
Please
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
tafadhali
Sorry
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
pole
I Love You
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
nakupenda
Excuse Me
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
Samahani
Dialect 1
Caribbean Hindustani
Kiunguja
Where They Speak
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
Zanzibar island
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Fiji Hindi
Kimrima
Where They Speak
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
Dar es Salaam
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Tharu Bhojpuri
Kimgao
Where They Speak
India
Kilwa
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
Not Available
Alternative Names
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
French Name
bhojpuri
swahili
German Name
Bhojpuri
Swahili
Pronunciation
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
Not Available
Ethnicity
Not Available
Swahili people or Waswahili
Origin
19th Century
6th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Benue-Congo
Branch
Not Available
Bantu
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Bhojpuri
Swahili
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
No data Available
sw
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
bhoj1246
swah1254
Linguasphere
59-AAF-sa
99-AUS-m
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Bhojpuri 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 Bhojpuri and Swahili greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Bhojpuri and Swahili language. Bhojpuri word for "Hello" is प्रणाम (prannam) or Swahili word for "Thank You" is Asante. Find more of such common Bhojpuri Greetings and Swahili Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Bhojpuri vs Swahili Difficulty
The Bhojpuri vs Swahili difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bhojpuri 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 Bhojpuri and Swahili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bhojpuri and Swahili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bhojpuri is 44 weeks while to learn Swahili time required is 36 weeks.