Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
East Asia, European Union, South America
National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
East Asia, European Union
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Central Europe, East Asia, Eastern Europe, South America
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia, Europe, South America
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Akademio de Esperanto
Interesting Facts
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
- The most widely spoken constructed language in the world is Esperanto.
- Esperanto is an artificial international language.
Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
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Derived From
Arabic Language
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
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How Are You?
Habari gani?
Kiel vi sanas?
Good Night
Usiku mwema
Bonan nokton
Good Evening
Habari za jioni
Bonan vesperon
Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
Bonan posttagmezon
Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
Bonan matenon
Please
tafadhali
Mi petas
I Love You
nakupenda
Mi amas vin
Excuse Me
Samahani
Pardonu!
Dialect 1
Kiunguja
Not present
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
Not present
Dialect 2
Kimrima
Not present
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
Not present
Dialect 3
Kimgao
Not present
Where They Speak
Kilwa
Not present
Speaking Population
Not Available
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Second Language Speakers
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Native Name
Not Available
Esperanto
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Eo, La Lingvo Internacia
French Name
swahili
espéranto
German Name
Swahili
Esperanto
Pronunciation
Not Available
[espeˈranto]
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
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Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
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Branch
Bantu
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Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Esperanto
Standard Forms
Swahili
Esperanto
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signuno
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
swah1254
espe1235
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
51-AAB-da
Language Type
Living
Constructed
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
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Agglutinative
Swahili and Esperanto 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 Esperanto greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Swahili and Esperanto language. Swahili word for "Hello" is Habari or Esperanto word for "Thank You" is Dankon. Find more of such common Swahili Greetings and Esperanto Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Swahili vs Esperanto Difficulty
The Swahili vs Esperanto difficulty level basically depends on the number of Swahili Alphabets and Esperanto 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 Esperanto are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Swahili and Esperanto, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Swahili is 36 weeks while to learn Esperanto time required is 6 weeks.