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Swahili vs Hebrew


Hebrew vs Swahili


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
1  
14

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.
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  • 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

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

Alphabets
24  
6
22  
4

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
0  

How Many Consonants
21  
11
22  
12

Scripts
Latin  
Hebrew  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
10
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

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!  

Dialects

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  

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
7  
7

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
150.00 million  
13
9.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
15.00 million  
40
4.40 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
5.60 million  
27

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  

History

Origin
6th century  
1000 BC  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
Semitic  

Branch
Bantu  
Canaanitic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew  

Standard Forms
Swahili  
Modern Hebrew  

Language Position
Not Available  
23  
19

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Hebrew  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sw  
he  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
swa  
heb  

ISO 639 2/B
swa  
heb  

ISO 639 3
swa  
heb  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
swah1254  
hebr1246  

Linguasphere
99-AUS-m  
12-AAB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Swahili and Hebrew Language History

Comparison of Swahili vs Hebrew language history gives us differences between origin of Swahili and Hebrew language. History of Swahili language states that this language originated in 6th century whereas history of Hebrew language states that this language originated in 1000 BC. 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 Hebrew Language History.

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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.

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