Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
South Africa
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.
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Not Available
Derived From
Arabic Language
Latin
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Asante
Thank you
How Are You?
Habari gani?
How are you?
Good Night
Usiku mwema
Good Night
Good Evening
Habari za jioni
Good Evening
Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
Good Afternoon
Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
Good Morning
I Love You
nakupenda
I love you
Excuse Me
Samahani
Excuse Me
Dialect 1
Kiunguja
American English
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
United States of America
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Kimrima
Hiberno-English
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Kimgao
Welsh English
Where They Speak
Kilwa
United Kingdom
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Not Available
English
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Not Available
French Name
swahili
anglais
German Name
Swahili
Englisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
Not Available
Origin
6th century
5th Century AD
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Not Available
Branch
Bantu
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Standard Forms
Swahili
Standard English
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed English
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
engs
Glottocode
swah1254
stan1293
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
52-ABA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Swahili and English 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 English greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Swahili and English language. Swahili word for "Hello" is Habari or English word for "Thank You" is Thank you. Find more of such common Swahili Greetings and English Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Swahili vs English Difficulty
The Swahili vs English difficulty level basically depends on the number of Swahili Alphabets and English 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 English are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Swahili and English, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Swahili is 36 weeks while to learn English time required is 6 weeks.