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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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