Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Moldova, Romania
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Kazakhstan, Russia
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine
Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li
Interesting Facts
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
- Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
- The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.
Derived From
Arabic Language
Latin
Alphabets in
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Romanian.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Asante
multumesc
How Are You?
Habari gani?
ce mai faci?
Good Night
Usiku mwema
noapte Buna
Good Evening
Habari za jioni
buna Seara
Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
buna Ziua
Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
bună Dimineața
I Love You
nakupenda
Te iubesc
Excuse Me
Samahani
Scuza-Ma
Dialect 1
Kiunguja
Aromanian
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Kimrima
Megleno-Romanian
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Kimgao
Istro-Romanian
Where They Speak
Kilwa
Croatia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Not Available
Română
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian
French Name
swahili
roumain; moldave
German Name
Swahili
Rumänisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[roˈmɨnə]
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
Romanians
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Not Available
Branch
Bantu
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Romanian
Standard Forms
Swahili
Romanian
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Romanian Sign Language
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
swah1254
roma1327
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
51-AAD-c
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Synthetic
Swahili and Romanian 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 Romanian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Swahili and Romanian language. Swahili word for "Hello" is Habari or Romanian word for "Thank You" is multumesc. Find more of such common Swahili Greetings and Romanian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Swahili vs Romanian Difficulty
The Swahili vs Romanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Swahili Alphabets and Romanian 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 Romanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Swahili and Romanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Swahili is 36 weeks while to learn Romanian time required is 24 weeks.