Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
  
Belarus, Poland
  
National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
  
Belarus, Gambia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Poland
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
  
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, National Languages Committee
  
Interesting Facts
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
- Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
- Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
  
Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
  
Russian and Ukrainian
  
Derived From
Arabic Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Belarusian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Habari
  
dobry dzień
  
Thank You
Asante
  
Dziakuj
  
How Are You?
Habari gani?
  
Jak vy ?
  
Good Night
Usiku mwema
  
Dabranač
  
Good Evening
Habari za jioni
  
Dobry viečar
  
Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
  
dobry dzień
  
Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
  
Dobraj ranicy
  
Please
tafadhali
  
Kali laska
  
Sorry
pole
  
Vybačajcie
  
Bye
bye
  
da pabačennia
  
I Love You
nakupenda
  
JA liubliu ciabie
  
Excuse Me
Samahani
  
Vybačajcie
  
Dialect 1
Kiunguja
  
North-Eastern Belarusian
  
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
  
North-East Belarus
  
Dialect 2
Kimrima
  
South-Western Belarusian
  
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
  
South-West Belarus
  
Dialect 3
Kimgao
  
Middle Belarusian
  
Where They Speak
Kilwa
  
Middle Belarus
  
How Many People Speak?
150.00 million
  
13
9.63 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
15.00 million
  
40
7.60 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
5.89 million
  
26
Native Name
Not Available
  
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)
  
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
  
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian
  
French Name
swahili
  
biélorusse
  
German Name
Swahili
  
Weißrussisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
  
Belarusians
  
Origin
6th century
  
18th century
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Eastern
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old East Slavic
  
Standard Forms
Swahili
  
Belarusian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sw
  
be
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
swa
  
bel
  
ISO 639 2/B
swa
  
bel
  
ISO 639 3
swa
  
bel
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
swah1254
  
bela1254
  
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
  
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Swahili and Belarusian 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 Swahili and Belarusian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Swahili and Belarusian language. Swahili word for "Hello" is Habari or Belarusian word for "Thank You" is Dziakuj. Find more of such common Swahili Greetings and Belarusian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Swahili vs Belarusian Difficulty
The Swahili vs Belarusian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Swahili Alphabets and Belarusian 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 Swahili and Belarusian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Swahili and Belarusian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Swahili is 36 weeks while to learn Belarusian time required is Not Available.