Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Israel
National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Israel
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Israel
Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa, Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Poland
Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Academy of the Hebrew Language
Interesting Facts
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
- The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
- The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Arabic and Aramaic languages
Derived From
Arabic Language
Aramaic Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hello
Habari
שלום (Shalom)
Thank You
Asante
תודה (Toda)
How Are You?
Habari gani?
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
Good Night
Usiku mwema
לילה טוב (Laila tov)
Good Evening
Habari za jioni
ערב טוב (Erev tov)
Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
Please
tafadhali
בבקשה (bevekshah)
Sorry
pole
סליחה! (Slicha)
Bye
bye
להתראות (Lehitraot)
I Love You
nakupenda
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
Excuse Me
Samahani
בבקשה!
Dialect 1
Kiunguja
Ashkenazi Hebrew
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
Israel
Dialect 2
Kimrima
Samaritan Hebrew
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
Israel, Palestine
Dialect 3
Kimgao
Yemenite Hebrew
Where They Speak
Kilwa
Israel
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Not Available
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Israeli, Ivrit
French Name
swahili
hébreu
German Name
Swahili
Hebräisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
Not Available
Origin
6th century
1000 BC
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Semitic
Early Forms
No early forms
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew
Standard Forms
Swahili
Modern Hebrew
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Hebrew
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
swah1254
hebr1246
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
12-AAB-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional, Synthetic
Swahili and Hebrew 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 Hebrew greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Swahili and Hebrew language. Swahili word for "Hello" is Habari or Hebrew word for "Thank You" is תודה (Toda). Find more of such common Swahili Greetings and Hebrew Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Swahili vs Hebrew Difficulty
The Swahili vs Hebrew difficulty level basically depends on the number of Swahili Alphabets and Hebrew 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 Hebrew are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Swahili and Hebrew, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Swahili is 36 weeks while to learn Hebrew time required is 44 weeks.