Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
India
National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia
Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
NA
Interesting Facts
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
- Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
- Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Bengali Language
Derived From
Arabic Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Gujarati-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
Hello
Habari
નમસ્તે (namaste)
Thank You
Asante
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)
How Are You?
Habari gani?
કેમ છો (kem cho?)
Good Night
Usiku mwema
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)
Good Evening
Habari za jioni
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)
Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)
Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)
Please
tafadhali
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)
Sorry
pole
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)
I Love You
nakupenda
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)
Excuse Me
Samahani
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)
Dialect 1
Kiunguja
Kathiyawadi
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America
Dialect 3
Kimgao
Not Available
Where They Speak
Kilwa
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
Not Available
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi
French Name
swahili
goudjrati
German Name
Swahili
Gujarati-Sprache
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
Gujaratis
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Gujarati
Standard Forms
Swahili
Modern Gujarati
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
swah1254
guja1252
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Swahili and Gujarati 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 Gujarati greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Swahili and Gujarati language. Swahili word for "Hello" is Habari or Gujarati word for "Thank You" is ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad). Find more of such common Swahili Greetings and Gujarati Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Swahili vs Gujarati Difficulty
The Swahili vs Gujarati difficulty level basically depends on the number of Swahili Alphabets and Gujarati 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 Gujarati are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Swahili and Gujarati, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Swahili is 36 weeks while to learn Gujarati time required is 18 weeks.