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Swahili vs Gujarati


Gujarati vs Swahili


Countries

Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
1  
14

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

Alphabets in
Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Gujarati-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
24  
6
47  
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
8  
5

How Many Consonants
21  
11
31  
21

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
Not Available  

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
10
18 weeks  
4

Greetings

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)  

Bye
bye  
બાય (Bāya)  

I Love You
nakupenda  
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)  

Excuse Me
Samahani  
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kiunguja  
Kathiyawadi  

Where They Speak
Zanzibar island  
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Dialect 2
Kimrima  
Kharwa  

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  

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
150.00 million  
13
60.00 million  
27

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.74 %  
24

Native Speakers
15.00 million  
40
50.00 million  
22

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  

History

Origin
6th century  
15  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Bantu  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Gujarati  

Standard Forms
Swahili  
Modern Gujarati  

Language Position
Not Available  
23  
19

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sw  
gu  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
swa  
guj  

ISO 639 2/B
swa  
guj  

ISO 639 3
swa  
guj  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
swah1254  
guja1252  

Linguasphere
99-AUS-m  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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Swahili and Gujarati Language History

Comparison of Swahili vs Gujarati language history gives us differences between origin of Swahili and Gujarati language. History of Swahili language states that this language originated in 6th century whereas history of Gujarati language states that this language originated in 15. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Swahili and Gujarati Language History.

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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.

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