Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Africa
Minority Language
South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Not Available
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Interesting Facts
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
Similar To
Not Available
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Derived From
Latin
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Thank You
Thank you
Asante
How Are You?
How are you?
Habari gani?
Good Night
Good Night
Usiku mwema
Good Evening
Good Evening
Habari za jioni
Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
Good Morning
Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
I Love You
I love you
nakupenda
Excuse Me
Excuse Me
Samahani
Dialect 1
American English
Kiunguja
Where They Speak
United States of America
Zanzibar island
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Hiberno-English
Kimrima
Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Dar es Salaam
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Welsh English
Kimgao
Where They Speak
United Kingdom
Kilwa
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
English
Not Available
Alternative Names
Not Available
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
French Name
anglais
swahili
German Name
Englisch
Swahili
Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
Not Available
Ethnicity
Not Available
Swahili people or Waswahili
Origin
5th Century AD
6th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Benue-Congo
Branch
Not Available
Bantu
Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard English
Swahili
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed English
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
engs
Not Available
Glottocode
stan1293
swah1254
Linguasphere
52-ABA
99-AUS-m
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Not Available
English 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 English and Swahili greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in English and Swahili language. English word for "Hello" is Hello or Swahili word for "Thank You" is Asante. Find more of such common English Greetings and Swahili Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
English vs Swahili Difficulty
The English vs Swahili difficulty level basically depends on the number of English 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 English and Swahili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in English and Swahili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn English is 6 weeks while to learn Swahili time required is 36 weeks.