Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
  
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
  
National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
  
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Roman Empire
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
  
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
  
Interesting Facts
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  
Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
  
Armenian
  
Derived From
Arabic Language
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Habari
  
γεια σας (geia sas)
  
Thank You
Asante
  
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
  
How Are You?
Habari gani?
  
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
  
Good Night
Usiku mwema
  
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
  
Good Evening
Habari za jioni
  
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
  
Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
  
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
  
Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
  
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
  
Please
tafadhali
  
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
  
Sorry
pole
  
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
  
Bye
bye
  
αντίο (antío)
  
I Love You
nakupenda
  
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
  
Excuse Me
Samahani
  
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
  
Dialect 1
Kiunguja
  
Cappadocian Greek
  
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
  
Greece
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Kimrima
  
Griko
  
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
  
Italy
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Kimgao
  
Mariupol
  
Where They Speak
Kilwa
  
Ukraine
  
How Many People Speak?
150.00 million
  
13
13.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
15.00 million
  
40
13.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
Not Available
  
ελληνικά
  
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
  
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
  
French Name
swahili
  
grec moderne (après 1453)
  
German Name
Swahili
  
Neugriechisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[eliniˈka]
  
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
  
Greeks or Hellenes
  
Origin
6th century
  
1500 BC
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Hellenic
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
  
Standard Forms
Swahili
  
Modern Greek
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Greek Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sw
  
el
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
swa
  
ell
  
ISO 639 2/B
swa
  
gre
  
ISO 639 3
swa
  
ell
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
ells
  
Glottocode
swah1254
  
gree1276
  
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
  
56-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic