Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
  
Philippines
  
National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
  
Philippines
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Philippines
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
  
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
  
Interesting Facts
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
- About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
- Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
  
Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
  
Hiligaynon Language
  
Derived From
Arabic Language
  
Island of Cebu
  
Alphabets in
Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Cebuano-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Habari
  
Hoy
  
Thank You
Asante
  
Salamat
  
How Are You?
Habari gani?
  
Kumusta man ka?
  
Good Night
Usiku mwema
  
Maayong Gabii
  
Good Evening
Habari za jioni
  
Maayong Gabii
  
Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
  
Maayong Hapon
  
Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
  
Maayong Buntag
  
Please
tafadhali
  
Palihug
  
Sorry
pole
  
Ikasubo ko
  
Bye
bye
  
Babay
  
I Love You
nakupenda
  
Gihigugma ko ikaw
  
Excuse Me
Samahani
  
Ekskyus mi
  
Dialect 1
Kiunguja
  
Boholano
  
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
  
Bohol
  
Dialect 2
Kimrima
  
Southern Kana
  
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
  
southern Leyte
  
Dialect 3
Kimgao
  
North Kana
  
Where They Speak
Kilwa
  
northern part of Leyte
  
How Many People Speak?
150.00 million
  
13
Not Available
  
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
15.00 million
  
40
21.00 million
  
36
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
14.50 million
  
19
Native Name
Not Available
  
Visayan
  
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
  
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
  
French Name
swahili
  
cebuano
  
German Name
Swahili
  
Cebuano
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
  
Cebuano people
  
Origin
6th century
  
16th century
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Swahili
  
Standard Cebuano
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sw
  
No data Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
swa
  
ceb
  
ISO 639 2/B
swa
  
ceb
  
ISO 639 3
swa
  
ceb
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
swah1254
  
cebu1242
  
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
  
No data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Swahili and Cebuano 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 Cebuano greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Swahili and Cebuano language. Swahili word for "Hello" is Habari or Cebuano word for "Thank You" is Salamat. Find more of such common Swahili Greetings and Cebuano Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Swahili vs Cebuano Difficulty
The Swahili vs Cebuano difficulty level basically depends on the number of Swahili Alphabets and Cebuano 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 Cebuano are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Swahili and Cebuano, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Swahili is 36 weeks while to learn Cebuano time required is 3 weeks.