Countries
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
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
  
Interesting Facts
- Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
- Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
Similar To
Old German Language
  
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
  
Derived From
Prakrit Language
  
Arabic Language
  
Alphabets in
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Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
  
Habari
  
Thank You
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
  
Asante
  
How Are You?
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
  
Habari gani?
  
Good Night
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
  
Usiku mwema
  
Good Evening
शुभः सायंकालः
  
Habari za jioni
  
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार
  
nzuri Alasiri
  
Good Morning
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
  
Habari za asubuhi
  
Please
कृपया (kripayā)
  
tafadhali
  
Sorry
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
  
pole
  
Bye
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
  
bye
  
I Love You
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
  
nakupenda
  
Excuse Me
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
  
Samahani
  
Dialect 1
Not present
  
Kiunguja
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Zanzibar island
  
Dialect 2
Not present
  
Kimrima
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Dar es Salaam
  
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Kimgao
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Kilwa
  
Total No. Of Dialects
0
  
How Many People Speak?
14.10 million
  
99+
150.00 million
  
13
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
14.10 million
  
99+
15.00 million
  
40
Native Name
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
  
Not Available
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
  
French Name
sanskrit
  
swahili
  
German Name
Sanskrit
  
Swahili
  
Pronunciation
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Swahili people or Waswahili
  
Origin
2000 B.C.
  
6th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Benue-Congo
  
Branch
Indic
  
Bantu
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Vedic Sanskrit
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Sanskrit
  
Swahili
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
sa
  
sw
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
san
  
swa
  
ISO 639 2/B
san
  
swa
  
ISO 639 3
san
  
swa
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sans1269
  
swah1254
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
99-AUS-m
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Ancient
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit and Swahili greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Sanskrit and Swahili language. Sanskrit word for "Hello" is नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ) or Swahili word for "Thank You" is Asante. Find more of such common Sanskrit Greetings and Swahili Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Sanskrit vs Swahili Difficulty
The Sanskrit vs Swahili difficulty level basically depends on the number of Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit and Swahili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Sanskrit and Swahili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Sanskrit is 20 weeks while to learn Swahili time required is 36 weeks.