Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Fiji, 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, Oceania
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Central Hindi Directorate
Interesting Facts
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
- In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
- In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Urdu
Derived From
Arabic Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Habari
नमस्ते (Namastē)
Thank You
Asante
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
How Are You?
Habari gani?
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
Good Night
Usiku mwema
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
Good Evening
Habari za jioni
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
Please
tafadhali
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
I Love You
nakupenda
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
Excuse Me
Samahani
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
Dialect 1
Kiunguja
Khariboli
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Kimrima
Marwari
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Kilwa
Bundelkhand
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Not Available
हिन्दी
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
French Name
swahili
hindi
German Name
Swahili
Hindi
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
Hindustani people
Origin
6th century
7th Century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Swahili
Standard Hindi
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Indian Signing System
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
hins
Glottocode
swah1254
hind1269
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
59-AAF-qf
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional, Synthetic
Swahili and Hindi 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 Hindi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Swahili and Hindi language. Swahili word for "Hello" is Habari or Hindi word for "Thank You" is धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda). Find more of such common Swahili Greetings and Hindi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Swahili vs Hindi Difficulty
The Swahili vs Hindi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Swahili Alphabets and Hindi 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 Hindi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Swahili and Hindi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Swahili is 36 weeks while to learn Hindi time required is 44 weeks.