Countries
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
  
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
  
National Language
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
  
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
  
Second Language
Spain
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee
  
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
  
Interesting Facts
- Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
- Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.
  
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
Similar To
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
  
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Arabic Language
  
Alphabets in
Catalan-Alpahabets.jpg#200
  
Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hola
  
Habari
  
Thank You
Gràcies
  
Asante
  
How Are You?
Com estàs?
  
Habari gani?
  
Good Night
Bona nit
  
Usiku mwema
  
Good Evening
Bona nit
  
Habari za jioni
  
Good Afternoon
Bona tarda
  
nzuri Alasiri
  
Good Morning
Bon dia
  
Habari za asubuhi
  
Please
Sisplau
  
tafadhali
  
Sorry
Perdó!
  
pole
  
Bye
Adéu
  
bye
  
I Love You
T'estimo
  
nakupenda
  
Excuse Me
Dispensi!
  
Samahani
  
Dialect 1
Caló
  
Kiunguja
  
Where They Speak
France, Portugal, Spain
  
Zanzibar island
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Valencian
  
Kimrima
  
Where They Speak
Spain
  
Dar es Salaam
  
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00
  
19
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Ribagorçan
  
Kimgao
  
Where They Speak
Spain
  
Kilwa
  
How Many People Speak?
9.20 million
  
99+
150.00 million
  
13
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
4.10 million
  
99+
15.00 million
  
40
Second Language Speakers
5.10 million
  
28
Not Available
  
Native Name
català
  
Not Available
  
Alternative Names
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
  
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
  
French Name
catalan; valencien
  
swahili
  
German Name
Katalanisch
  
Swahili
  
Pronunciation
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Catalan people
  
Swahili people or Waswahili
  
Origin
c. 1028
  
6th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Benue-Congo
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Bantu
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Catalan
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
  
Swahili
  
Signed Forms
Signed Catalan
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
ca
  
sw
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
cat
  
swa
  
ISO 639 2/B
cat
  
swa
  
ISO 639 3
cat
  
swa
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1289
  
swah1254
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-e
  
99-AUS-m
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Catalan 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 Catalan and Swahili greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Catalan and Swahili language. Catalan word for "Hello" is Hola or Swahili word for "Thank You" is Asante. Find more of such common Catalan Greetings and Swahili Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Catalan vs Swahili Difficulty
The Catalan vs Swahili difficulty level basically depends on the number of Catalan 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 Catalan and Swahili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Catalan and Swahili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Catalan is 24 weeks while to learn Swahili time required is 36 weeks.