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Swahili vs Marwari


Marwari vs Swahili


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
1   
14

National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania   
Rajastan, 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   
Nepal, Pakistan   

Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
    •   
  • Marwari language was historically written in Mahajani, which is version of the Landa script.
  • Marwari language is written in Arabic Alphabets in Pakistan.
  

Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages   
Gujarati, Haryanvi, Hindi and Punjabi Languages   

Derived From
Arabic Language   
Gujarati Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
24   
6
42   
22

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
10   
7

How Many Consonants
21   
11
32   
22

Scripts
Latin   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Habari   
khammaghani   

Thank You
Asante   
dhanyavaad   

How Are You?
Habari gani?   
Kikan ho sa?   

Good Night
Usiku mwema   
shubh raatri   

Good Evening
Habari za jioni   
Shubh Honjh   

Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri   
Shubh Befar   

Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi   
Shubh Havar   

Please
tafadhali   
kirpa   

Sorry
pole   
Maaf Karo   

Bye
bye   
bye   

I Love You
nakupenda   
main tanne pyaar karoon   

Excuse Me
Samahani   
maaf karo   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kiunguja   
Jogi   

Where They Speak
Zanzibar island   
India   

Dialect 2
Kimrima   
Bagri   

Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam   
India   

Dialect 3
Kimgao   
Dhundhari   

Where They Speak
Kilwa   
India   

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
8   
8

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.21 %   
99+

Native Speakers
15.00 million   
40
14.00 million   
99+

Native Name
Not Available   
Marwari   

Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili   
Marvadi, Marvari, Marwadi, Rajasthani   

French Name
swahili   
marvari   

German Name
Swahili   
Marwari   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili   
Marwari or Marwadi   

History

Origin
6th century   
16   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Benue-Congo   
Not Available   

Branch
Bantu   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Swahili   
Marwari   

Language Position
Not Available   
72   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Indian Signing System (ISS)   

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
sw   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
swa   
mwr   

ISO 639 2/B
swa   
mwr   

ISO 639 3
swa   
mwr   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
swah1254   
raja1256   

Linguasphere
99-AUS-m   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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Swahili and Marwari Language History

Comparison of Swahili vs Marwari language history gives us differences between origin of Swahili and Marwari language. History of Swahili language states that this language originated in 6th century whereas history of Marwari language states that this language originated in 16. 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 Marwari Language History.

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Swahili and Marwari 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 Marwari greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Swahili and Marwari language. Swahili word for "Hello" is Habari or Marwari word for "Thank You" is dhanyavaad. Find more of such common Swahili Greetings and Marwari Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Swahili vs Marwari Difficulty

The Swahili vs Marwari difficulty level basically depends on the number of Swahili Alphabets and Marwari 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 Marwari are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Swahili and Marwari, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Swahili is 36 weeks while to learn Marwari time required is 44 weeks.

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