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Swahili vs Nepali


Nepali vs Swahili


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
2  
13

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

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Republic of Brazil  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
People's Republic of China  

Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)  
Language Academy of Nepal  

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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  • Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
  • Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
  

Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages  
Hindi  

Derived From
Arabic Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
24  
6
48  
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
12  
9

How Many Consonants
21  
11
36  
26

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
10
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Habari  
नमस्ते (namaste)  

Thank You
Asante  
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)  

How Are You?
Habari gani?  
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)  

Good Night
Usiku mwema  
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)  

Good Evening
Habari za jioni  
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)  

Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri  
Good afternoon  

Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi  
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)  

Please
tafadhali  
कृपया  

Sorry
pole  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  

Bye
bye  
नमस्ते (namaste)  

I Love You
nakupenda  
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)  

Excuse Me
Samahani  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kiunguja  
Doteli  

Where They Speak
Zanzibar island  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
790,000.00  
30

Dialect 2
Kimrima  
Bajhangi  

Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam  
India, Nepal  

Dialect 3
Kimgao  
Baitadeli  

Where They Speak
Kilwa  
Nepal  

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
150.00 million  
13
30.00 million  
36

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.25 %  
99+

Native Speakers
15.00 million  
40
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
5.00 million  
29

Native Name
Not Available  
नेपाली (nēpālī)  

Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili  
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate  

French Name
swahili  
népalais  

German Name
Swahili  
Nepali  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili  
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu  

History

Origin
6th century  
19 BC  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Bantu  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha  

Standard Forms
Swahili  
Nepali  

Language Position
Not Available  
59  
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Nepali  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
sw  
ne  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
swa  
nep  

ISO 639 2/B
swa  
nep  

ISO 639 3
swa  
npi  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
swah1254  
nepa1254  

Linguasphere
99-AUS-m  
12  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Agglutinative  

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Swahili and Nepali Language History

Comparison of Swahili vs Nepali language history gives us differences between origin of Swahili and Nepali language. History of Swahili language states that this language originated in 6th century whereas history of Nepali language states that this language originated in 19 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 Nepali Language History.

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

Swahili vs Nepali Difficulty

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

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