Countries
India, Nepal
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
National Language
Nepal
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
People's Republic of China
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Interesting Facts
- Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
- Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
Similar To
Hindi
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)
Habari
Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
Asante
How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
Habari gani?
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
Usiku mwema
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
Habari za jioni
Good Afternoon
Good afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
Habari za asubuhi
Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
pole
I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
nakupenda
Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Samahani
Dialect 1
Doteli
Kiunguja
Where They Speak
Nepal
Zanzibar island
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Bajhangi
Kimrima
Where They Speak
India, Nepal
Dar es Salaam
Dialect 3
Baitadeli
Kimgao
Where They Speak
Nepal
Kilwa
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)
Not Available
Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
French Name
népalais
swahili
German Name
Nepali
Swahili
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Swahili people or Waswahili
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Benue-Congo
Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
No early forms
Standard Forms
Nepali
Swahili
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
Not Available
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
nepa1254
swah1254
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Not Available
All Nepali and Swahili Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Nepali and Swahili dialects. Various dialects of Nepali and Swahili language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Nepali are spoken in different Nepali Speaking Countries whereas Swahili Dialects are spoken in different Swahili speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Nepali vs Swahili Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Nepali dialects include: Doteli, Bajhangi. Swahili dialects include: Kiunguja , Kimrima. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Nepali and Swahili Speaking population
Nepali and Swahili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Nepali and Swahili languages can be compared. The total count of Nepali and Swahili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Swahili language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Nepali and Swahili on Nepali vs Swahili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Nepali and Swahili Language Codes
Nepali and Swahili language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Nepali and Swahili Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.