Countries
Israel
  
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
  
National Language
Israel
  
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
  
Second Language
Israel
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Poland
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Academy of the Hebrew Language
  
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
  
Interesting Facts
- The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
- The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
  
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
Similar To
Arabic and Aramaic languages
  
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
  
Derived From
Aramaic Language
  
Arabic Language
  
Alphabets in
Hebrew-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Vowels
0
  
Scripts
Hebrew
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
שלום (Shalom)
  
Habari
  
Thank You
תודה (Toda)
  
Asante
  
How Are You?
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
  
Habari gani?
  
Good Night
לילה טוב (Laila tov)
  
Usiku mwema
  
Good Evening
ערב טוב (Erev tov)
  
Habari za jioni
  
Good Afternoon
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
  
nzuri Alasiri
  
Good Morning
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
  
Habari za asubuhi
  
Please
בבקשה (bevekshah)
  
tafadhali
  
Sorry
סליחה! (Slicha)
  
pole
  
Bye
להתראות (Lehitraot)
  
bye
  
I Love You
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
  
nakupenda
  
Excuse Me
בבקשה!
  
Samahani
  
Dialect 1
Ashkenazi Hebrew
  
Kiunguja
  
Where They Speak
Israel
  
Zanzibar island
  
Dialect 2
Samaritan Hebrew
  
Kimrima
  
Where They Speak
Israel, Palestine
  
Dar es Salaam
  
Dialect 3
Yemenite Hebrew
  
Kimgao
  
Where They Speak
Israel
  
Kilwa
  
How Many People Speak?
9.00 million
  
99+
150.00 million
  
13
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
4.40 million
  
99+
15.00 million
  
40
Second Language Speakers
5.60 million
  
27
Not Available
  
Native Name
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
  
Not Available
  
Alternative Names
Israeli, Ivrit
  
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
  
French Name
hébreu
  
swahili
  
German Name
Hebräisch
  
Swahili
  
Pronunciation
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Swahili people or Waswahili
  
Origin
1000 BC
  
6th century
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Semitic
  
Benue-Congo
  
Branch
Canaanitic
  
Bantu
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Hebrew
  
Swahili
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Hebrew
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
he
  
sw
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
heb
  
swa
  
ISO 639 2/B
heb
  
swa
  
ISO 639 3
heb
  
swa
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
hebr1246
  
swah1254
  
Linguasphere
12-AAB-a
  
99-AUS-m
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Hebrew 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 Hebrew and Swahili greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Hebrew and Swahili language. Hebrew word for "Hello" is שלום (Shalom) or Swahili word for "Thank You" is Asante. Find more of such common Hebrew Greetings and Swahili Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Hebrew vs Swahili Difficulty
The Hebrew vs Swahili difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hebrew 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 Hebrew and Swahili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hebrew and Swahili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hebrew is 44 weeks while to learn Swahili time required is 36 weeks.