Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
India, Nepal
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.
- 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 in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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)
Sorry
pole
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
I Love You
nakupenda
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
Excuse Me
Samahani
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Dialect 1
Kiunguja
Doteli
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
Nepal
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Kimrima
Bajhangi
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
India, Nepal
Dialect 3
Kimgao
Baitadeli
Where They Speak
Kilwa
Nepal
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
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
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
No early forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
Standard Forms
Swahili
Nepali
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Nepali
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
swah1254
nepa1254
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Agglutinative
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.