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Bhojpuri vs Swahili


Swahili vs Bhojpuri


Countries

Countries
India, No official status  
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya  

Total No. Of Countries
0  
15
4  
11

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.
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Similar To
Maithili and Magahi  
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Arabic Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Bhojpuri-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
43  
23
24  
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
5  
2

How Many Consonants
34  
24
21  
11

Scripts
Devanagari  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
36 weeks  
10

Greetings

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  

Bye
प्रणाम (prannam)  
bye  

I Love You
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)  
nakupenda  

Excuse Me
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)  
Samahani  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Caribbean Hindustani  
Kiunguja  

Where They Speak
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago  
Zanzibar island  

How Many People Speak
16,000.00  
99+
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
380,000.00  
31
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Tharu Bhojpuri  
Kimgao  

Where They Speak
India  
Kilwa  

Total No. Of Dialects
13  
13
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
40.00 million  
31
150.00 million  
13

Speaking Population
0.43 %  
31
Not Available  

Native Speakers
40.00 million  
24
15.00 million  
40

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  

History

Origin
19th Century  
6th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
Not Available  
Bantu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Bhojpuri  
Swahili  

Language Position
37  
29
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data Available  
sw  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bho  
swa  

ISO 639 2/B
bho  
swa  

ISO 639 3
bho  
swa  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
bhoj1246  
swah1254  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-sa  
99-AUS-m  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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Bhojpuri and Swahili Language History

Comparison of Bhojpuri vs Swahili language history gives us differences between origin of Bhojpuri and Swahili language. History of Bhojpuri language states that this language originated in 19th Century whereas history of Swahili language states that this language originated in 6th 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 Bhojpuri and Swahili Language History.

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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.

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