Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
  
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
  
National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
  
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Spain
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
  
Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
  
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, 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.
- Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
- Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.
  
Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
  
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
  
Derived From
Arabic Language
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Catalan-Alpahabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Habari
  
Hola
  
Thank You
Asante
  
Gràcies
  
How Are You?
Habari gani?
  
Com estàs?
  
Good Night
Usiku mwema
  
Bona nit
  
Good Evening
Habari za jioni
  
Bona nit
  
Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
  
Bona tarda
  
Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
  
Bon dia
  
Please
tafadhali
  
Sisplau
  
Sorry
pole
  
Perdó!
  
Bye
bye
  
Adéu
  
I Love You
nakupenda
  
T'estimo
  
Excuse Me
Samahani
  
Dispensi!
  
Dialect 1
Kiunguja
  
Caló
  
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
  
France, Portugal, Spain
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Kimrima
  
Valencian
  
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
  
Spain
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
2,400,000.00
  
19
Dialect 3
Kimgao
  
Ribagorçan
  
Where They Speak
Kilwa
  
Spain
  
How Many People Speak?
150.00 million
  
13
9.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
15.00 million
  
40
4.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
5.10 million
  
28
Native Name
Not Available
  
català
  
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
  
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
  
French Name
swahili
  
catalan; valencien
  
German Name
Swahili
  
Katalanisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
  
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
  
Catalan people
  
Origin
6th century
  
c. 1028
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Romance
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Catalan
  
Standard Forms
Swahili
  
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Catalan
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sw
  
ca
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
swa
  
cat
  
ISO 639 2/B
swa
  
cat
  
ISO 639 3
swa
  
cat
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
swah1254
  
stan1289
  
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
  
51-AAA-e
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Swahili and Catalan 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 Catalan greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Swahili and Catalan language. Swahili word for "Hello" is Habari or Catalan word for "Thank You" is Gràcies. Find more of such common Swahili Greetings and Catalan Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Swahili vs Catalan Difficulty
The Swahili vs Catalan difficulty level basically depends on the number of Swahili Alphabets and Catalan 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 Catalan are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Swahili and Catalan, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Swahili is 36 weeks while to learn Catalan time required is 24 weeks.