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Marwari vs Swahili


Swahili vs Marwari


Countries

Countries
Rajastan, India  
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
4  
11

National Language
Rajastan, 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  
Africa  

Minority Language
Nepal, Pakistan  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)  

Interesting Facts
  • Marwari language was historically written in Mahajani, which is version of the Landa script.
  • Marwari language is written in Arabic Alphabets in Pakistan.
  
  • 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
Gujarati, Haryanvi, Hindi and Punjabi Languages  
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages  

Derived From
Gujarati Language  
Arabic Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
42  
22
24  
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
5  
2

How Many Consonants
32  
22
21  
11

Scripts
Devanagari  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
36 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
khammaghani  
Habari  

Thank You
dhanyavaad  
Asante  

How Are You?
Kikan ho sa?  
Habari gani?  

Good Night
shubh raatri  
Usiku mwema  

Good Evening
Shubh Honjh  
Habari za jioni  

Good Afternoon
Shubh Befar  
nzuri Alasiri  

Good Morning
Shubh Havar  
Habari za asubuhi  

Please
kirpa  
tafadhali  

Sorry
Maaf Karo  
pole  

Bye
bye  
bye  

I Love You
main tanne pyaar karoon  
nakupenda  

Excuse Me
maaf karo  
Samahani  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jogi  
Kiunguja  

Where They Speak
India  
Zanzibar island  

Dialect 2
Bagri  
Kimrima  

Where They Speak
India  
Dar es Salaam  

Dialect 3
Dhundhari  
Kimgao  

Where They Speak
India  
Kilwa  

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
12  
12

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.21 %  
99+
Not Available  

Native Speakers
14.00 million  
99+
15.00 million  
40

Native Name
Marwari  
Not Available  

Alternative Names
Marvadi, Marvari, Marwadi, Rajasthani  
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili  

French Name
marvari  
swahili  

German Name
Marwari  
Swahili  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Marwari or Marwadi  
Swahili people or Waswahili  

History

Origin
16  
6th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
Not Available  
Bantu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Marwari  
Swahili  

Language Position
72  
99+
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)  
Not Available  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
sw  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mwr  
swa  

ISO 639 2/B
mwr  
swa  

ISO 639 3
mwr  
swa  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
raja1256  
swah1254  

Linguasphere
No data available  
99-AUS-m  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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Marwari and Swahili Language History

Comparison of Marwari vs Swahili language history gives us differences between origin of Marwari and Swahili language. History of Marwari language states that this language originated in 16 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 Marwari and Swahili Language History.

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

Marwari vs Swahili Difficulty

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

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