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Swahili vs Bhojpuri


Bhojpuri vs Swahili


Countries

Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya  
India, No official status  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
0  
15

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.
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  • 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

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

Alphabets
24  
6
43  
23

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
11  
8

How Many Consonants
21  
11
34  
24

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  
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)  

Bye
bye  
प्रणाम (prannam)  

I Love You
nakupenda  
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)  

Excuse Me
Samahani  
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kiunguja  
Caribbean Hindustani  

Where They Speak
Zanzibar island  
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
16,000.00  
99+

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  
380,000.00  
31

Dialect 3
Kimgao  
Tharu Bhojpuri  

Where They Speak
Kilwa  
India  

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
13  
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
150.00 million  
13
40.00 million  
31

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.43 %  
31

Native Speakers
15.00 million  
40
40.00 million  
24

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  

History

Origin
6th century  
19th Century  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
Not Available  

Branch
Bantu  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Swahili  
Bhojpuri  

Language Position
Not Available  
37  
29

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sw  
No data Available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
swa  
bho  

ISO 639 2/B
swa  
bho  

ISO 639 3
swa  
bho  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
swah1254  
bhoj1246  

Linguasphere
99-AUS-m  
59-AAF-sa  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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Swahili and Bhojpuri Language History

Comparison of Swahili vs Bhojpuri language history gives us differences between origin of Swahili and Bhojpuri language. History of Swahili language states that this language originated in 6th century whereas history of Bhojpuri language states that this language originated in 19th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Swahili and Bhojpuri Language History.

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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.

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