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Greek vs Swahili


Swahili vs Greek


Countries

Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece  
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
4  
11

National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania  

Second Language
Roman Empire  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Africa  

Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)  
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)  

Interesting Facts
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  
  • 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
Armenian  
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages  

Derived From
Latin  
Arabic Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
24  
6
24  
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
5  
2

How Many Consonants
17  
7
21  
11

Scripts
Arabic, Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
36 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)  
Habari  

Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)  
Asante  

How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)  
Habari gani?  

Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)  
Usiku mwema  

Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)  
Habari za jioni  

Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)  
nzuri Alasiri  

Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)  
Habari za asubuhi  

Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)  
tafadhali  

Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)  
pole  

Bye
αντίο (antío)  
bye  

I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)  
nakupenda  

Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)  
Samahani  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek  
Kiunguja  

Where They Speak
Greece  
Zanzibar island  

How Many People Speak
2,800.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Griko  
Kimrima  

Where They Speak
Italy  
Dar es Salaam  

How Many People Speak
50,000.00  
38
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Mariupol  
Kimgao  

Where They Speak
Ukraine  
Kilwa  

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
13.00 million  
99+
150.00 million  
13

Speaking Population
0.18 %  
99+
Not Available  

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
15.00 million  
40

Native Name
ελληνικά  
Not Available  

Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic  
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili  

French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)  
swahili  

German Name
Neugriechisch  
Swahili  

Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes  
Swahili people or Waswahili  

History

Origin
1500 BC  
6th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Hellenic  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
Not Available  
Bantu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Greek  
Swahili  

Language Position
74  
99+
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
el  
sw  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ell  
swa  

ISO 639 2/B
gre  
swa  

ISO 639 3
ell  
swa  

ISO 639 6
ells  
Not Available  

Glottocode
gree1276  
swah1254  

Linguasphere
56-AAA-a  
99-AUS-m  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Not Available  

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Greek and Swahili Language History

Comparison of Greek vs Swahili language history gives us differences between origin of Greek and Swahili language. History of Greek language states that this language originated in 1500 BC 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 Greek and Swahili Language History.

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Greek 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 Greek and Swahili greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Greek and Swahili language. Greek word for "Hello" is γεια σας (geia sas) or Swahili word for "Thank You" is Asante. Find more of such common Greek Greetings and Swahili Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Greek vs Swahili Difficulty

The Greek vs Swahili difficulty level basically depends on the number of Greek 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 Greek and Swahili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Greek and Swahili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Greek is 44 weeks while to learn Swahili time required is 36 weeks.

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