Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Roman Empire
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Interesting Facts
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Armenian
Derived From
Arabic Language
Latin
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Latin
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Habari
γεια σας (geia sas)
Thank You
Asante
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
How Are You?
Habari gani?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Good Night
Usiku mwema
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Good Evening
Habari za jioni
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Please
tafadhali
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Sorry
pole
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
I Love You
nakupenda
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Excuse Me
Samahani
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Dialect 1
Kiunguja
Cappadocian Greek
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
Greece
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
Italy
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Kimgao
Mariupol
Where They Speak
Kilwa
Ukraine
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
Not Available
ελληνικά
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
French Name
swahili
grec moderne (après 1453)
German Name
Swahili
Neugriechisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[eliniˈka]
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
Greeks or Hellenes
Origin
6th century
1500 BC
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Hellenic
Branch
Bantu
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Standard Forms
Swahili
Modern Greek
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Greek Sign Language
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
ells
Glottocode
swah1254
gree1276
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
56-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional, Synthetic
Swahili and Greek 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 Greek greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Swahili and Greek language. Swahili word for "Hello" is Habari or Greek word for "Thank You" is ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱). Find more of such common Swahili Greetings and Greek Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Swahili vs Greek Difficulty
The Swahili vs Greek difficulty level basically depends on the number of Swahili Alphabets and Greek 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 Greek are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Swahili and Greek, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Swahili is 36 weeks while to learn Greek time required is 44 weeks.