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Swahili and Hindi


Hindi and Swahili


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
2   
13

National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania   
India   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia, Oceania   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)   
Central Hindi Directorate   

Interesting Facts
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
    •   
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages   
Urdu   

Derived From
Arabic Language   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
24   
6
44   
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
11   
8

How Many Consonants
21   
11
33   
23

Scripts
Latin   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Habari   
नमस्ते (Namastē)   

Thank You
Asante   
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)   

How Are You?
Habari gani?   
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)   

Good Night
Usiku mwema   
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)   

Good Evening
Habari za jioni   
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)   

Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri   
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)   

Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi   
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)   

Please
tafadhali   
कृपया (Kr̥payā)   

Sorry
pole   
खेद (Khēda)   

Bye
bye   
अलविदा (Alavidā)   

I Love You
nakupenda   
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)   

Excuse Me
Samahani   
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kiunguja   
Khariboli   

Where They Speak
Zanzibar island   
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
240,000,000.00   
2

Dialect 2
Kimrima   
Marwari   

Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam   
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
22,000,000.00   
3

Dialect 3
Kimgao   
Bundeli   

Where They Speak
Kilwa   
Bundelkhand   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
20,000,000.00   
4

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
21   
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
150.00 million   
13
380.00 million   
5

Speaking Population
Not Available   
4.70 %   
5

Native Speakers
15.00 million   
40
260.00 million   
4

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
120.00 million   
6

Native Name
Not Available   
हिन्दी   

Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili   
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli   

French Name
swahili   
hindi   

German Name
Swahili   
Hindi   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]   

Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili   
Hindustani people   

History

Origin
6th century   
7th Century   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Benue-Congo   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Bantu   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Swahili   
Standard Hindi   

Language Position
Not Available   
5   
5

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Indian Signing System   

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sw   
hi   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
swa   
hin   

ISO 639 2/B
swa   
hin   

ISO 639 3
swa   
hin   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
hins   

Glottocode
swah1254   
hind1269   

Linguasphere
99-AUS-m   
59-AAF-qf   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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All Swahili and Hindi 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 Swahili and Hindi dialects. Various dialects of Swahili and Hindi language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Swahili are spoken in different Swahili Speaking Countries whereas Hindi Dialects are spoken in different Hindi speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Swahili vs Hindi Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Swahili dialects include: Kiunguja, Kimrima. Hindi dialects include: Khariboli , Marwari. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Swahili and Hindi Speaking population

Swahili and Hindi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swahili and Hindi languages can be compared. The total count of Swahili and Hindi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swahili language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Hindi language is 4.70 %. 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 Swahili and Hindi on Swahili vs Hindi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Swahili and Hindi Language Codes

Swahili and Hindi language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Swahili and Hindi Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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