Countries
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
National Language
France
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Second Language
Africa, Canada
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
Africa
Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Interesting Facts
- French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
- French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
Similar To
Italian Language
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Derived From
Latin
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
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Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?
Habari gani?
Good Night
bonne Nuit
Usiku mwema
Good Evening
bonsoir
Habari za jioni
Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi
nzuri Alasiri
Good Morning
Bonjour
Habari za asubuhi
Please
S'il vous plaît
tafadhali
I Love You
Je t'aime
nakupenda
Excuse Me
Excuse Moi
Samahani
Dialect 1
Quebec French
Kiunguja
Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
Zanzibar island
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
African French
Kimrima
Where They Speak
Africa
Dar es Salaam
Dialect 3
Swiss French
Kimgao
Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland
Kilwa
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
français
Not Available
Alternative Names
Français
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
French Name
français
swahili
German Name
Französisch
Swahili
Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Not Available
Swahili people or Waswahili
Origin
9th Century
6th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Romance
Benue-Congo
Branch
Not Available
Bantu
Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard French
Swahili
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
fras
Not Available
Glottocode
stan1290
swah1254
Linguasphere
51-AAA-i
99-AUS-m
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Not Available
French 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 French and Swahili greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in French and Swahili language. French word for "Hello" is bonjour or Swahili word for "Thank You" is Asante. Find more of such common French Greetings and Swahili Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
French vs Swahili Difficulty
The French vs Swahili difficulty level basically depends on the number of French 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 French and Swahili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in French and Swahili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn French is 24 weeks while to learn Swahili time required is 36 weeks.