Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
India, No official status
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
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Maithili and Magahi
Derived From
Arabic Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Habari
प्रणाम (prannam)
Thank You
Asante
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
How Are You?
Habari gani?
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
Good Night
Usiku mwema
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Evening
Habari za jioni
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
राम राम (raam raam)
Please
tafadhali
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
Sorry
pole
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
I Love You
nakupenda
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
Excuse Me
Samahani
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
Dialect 1
Kiunguja
Caribbean Hindustani
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Kimrima
Fiji Hindi
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Kimgao
Tharu Bhojpuri
Where They Speak
Kilwa
India
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
Not Available
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
French Name
swahili
bhojpuri
German Name
Swahili
Bhojpuri
Pronunciation
Not Available
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
Not Available
Origin
6th century
19th Century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Not Available
Branch
Bantu
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Swahili
Bhojpuri
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
sw
No data Available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
swah1254
bhoj1246
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
59-AAF-sa
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Swahili and Bhojpuri 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 Bhojpuri greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Swahili and Bhojpuri language. Swahili word for "Hello" is Habari or Bhojpuri word for "Thank You" is धन्वाद (dhanvaad). Find more of such common Swahili Greetings and Bhojpuri Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Swahili vs Bhojpuri Difficulty
The Swahili vs Bhojpuri difficulty level basically depends on the number of Swahili Alphabets and Bhojpuri 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 Bhojpuri are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Swahili and Bhojpuri, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Swahili is 36 weeks while to learn Bhojpuri time required is 44 weeks.