Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Bangladesh, India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America
Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
Interesting Facts
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
- Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
- 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.
Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Assamese and Oriya
Derived From
Arabic Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Bengali-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Habari
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
Thank You
Asante
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
How Are You?
Habari gani?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
Good Night
Usiku mwema
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
Good Evening
Habari za jioni
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
Please
tafadhali
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
Sorry
pole
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
I Love You
nakupenda
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
Excuse Me
Samahani
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
Dialect 1
Kiunguja
Chakma
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
Bangladesh, Burma, India
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
Bangladesh, India
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Kilwa
India
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Not Available
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
French Name
swahili
bengali
German Name
Swahili
Bengali
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not available
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Origin
6th century
1000–1200 CE
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
No early forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
Standard Forms
Swahili
Bengali
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
swah1254
beng1280
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
59-AAF-u
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Swahili and Bengali 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 Bengali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Swahili and Bengali language. Swahili word for "Hello" is Habari or Bengali word for "Thank You" is ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad). Find more of such common Swahili Greetings and Bengali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Swahili vs Bengali Difficulty
The Swahili vs Bengali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Swahili Alphabets and Bengali 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 Bengali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Swahili and Bengali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Swahili is 36 weeks while to learn Bengali time required is 44 weeks.
