Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Portugal
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
United States of America
Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
Interesting Facts
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
- Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
- The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Spanish and Galician Languages
Derived From
Arabic Language
Latin
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Asante
obrigado
How Are You?
Habari gani?
Como você está?
Good Night
Usiku mwema
boa noite
Good Evening
Habari za jioni
boa Noite
Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
boa Tarde
Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
bom Dia
Please
tafadhali
Por Favor
I Love You
nakupenda
Eu te amo
Excuse Me
Samahani
desculpe me
Dialect 1
Kiunguja
Brazilian Portuguese
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
Brazil
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Kimrima
European Portuguese
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
Portugal
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Kimgao
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Where They Speak
Kilwa
Daman and Diu
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Not Available
Português
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Português
French Name
swahili
portugais
German Name
Swahili
Portugiesisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
Portuguese people or portugueses
Origin
6th century
3rd Century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Romance
Branch
Bantu
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Medieval Galician
Standard Forms
Swahili
Portuguese
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Portuguese
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
swah1254
port1283
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
51-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Swahili and Portuguese 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 Portuguese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Swahili and Portuguese language. Swahili word for "Hello" is Habari or Portuguese word for "Thank You" is obrigado. Find more of such common Swahili Greetings and Portuguese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Swahili vs Portuguese Difficulty
The Swahili vs Portuguese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Swahili Alphabets and Portuguese 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 Portuguese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Swahili and Portuguese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Swahili is 36 weeks while to learn Portuguese time required is 24 weeks.