Countries
Fiji, India
  
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
  
National Language
India
  
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Central Hindi Directorate
  
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
  
Interesting Facts
- In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
- In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
  
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
Similar To
Urdu
  
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Arabic Language
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
नमस्ते (Namastē)
  
Habari
  
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
Asante
  
How Are You?
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
  
Habari gani?
  
Good Night
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
  
Usiku mwema
  
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
  
Habari za jioni
  
Good Afternoon
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
  
nzuri Alasiri
  
Good Morning
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
  
Habari za asubuhi
  
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
tafadhali
  
Sorry
खेद (Khēda)
  
pole
  
Bye
अलविदा (Alavidā)
  
bye
  
I Love You
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
  
nakupenda
  
Excuse Me
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
  
Samahani
  
Dialect 1
Khariboli
  
Kiunguja
  
Where They Speak
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
  
Zanzibar island
  
How Many People Speak
240,000,000.00
  
2
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Marwari
  
Kimrima
  
Where They Speak
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
  
Dar es Salaam
  
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00
  
3
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Bundeli
  
Kimgao
  
Where They Speak
Bundelkhand
  
Kilwa
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
4
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
380.00 million
  
5
150.00 million
  
13
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
260.00 million
  
4
15.00 million
  
40
Second Language Speakers
120.00 million
  
6
Not Available
  
Native Name
हिन्दी
  
Not Available
  
Alternative Names
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
  
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
  
French Name
hindi
  
swahili
  
German Name
Hindi
  
Swahili
  
Pronunciation
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Hindustani people
  
Swahili people or Waswahili
  
Origin
7th Century
  
6th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Benue-Congo
  
Branch
Indic
  
Bantu
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Hindi
  
Swahili
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
hi
  
sw
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
hin
  
swa
  
ISO 639 2/B
hin
  
swa
  
ISO 639 3
hin
  
swa
  
ISO 639 6
hins
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
hind1269
  
swah1254
  
Linguasphere
59-AAF-qf
  
99-AUS-m
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Hindi 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 Hindi and Swahili greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Hindi and Swahili language. Hindi word for "Hello" is नमस्ते (Namastē) or Swahili word for "Thank You" is Asante. Find more of such common Hindi Greetings and Swahili Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Hindi vs Swahili Difficulty
The Hindi vs Swahili difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hindi 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 Hindi and Swahili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hindi and Swahili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hindi is 44 weeks while to learn Swahili time required is 36 weeks.