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Swahili vs Sanskrit


Sanskrit vs Swahili


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
1  
14

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

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

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)  
Not Available  

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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  • Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
  • Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  

Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages  
Old German Language  

Derived From
Arabic Language  
Prakrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
24  
6
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
16  
13

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
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
10
20 weeks  
5

Greetings

Hello
Habari  
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)  

Thank You
Asante  
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)  

How Are You?
Habari gani?  
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)  

Good Night
Usiku mwema  
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)  

Good Evening
Habari za jioni  
शुभः सायंकालः  

Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri  
शुभ दुपार  

Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi  
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)  

Please
tafadhali  
कृपया (kripayā)  

Sorry
pole  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)  

Bye
bye  
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)  

I Love You
nakupenda  
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)  

Excuse Me
Samahani  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kiunguja  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Zanzibar island  
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Kimrima  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam  
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Kimgao  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Kilwa  
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
0  

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
150.00 million  
13
14.10 million  
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
15.00 million  
40
14.10 million  
99+

Native Name
Not Available  
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)  

Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili  
Not Available  

French Name
swahili  
sanskrit  

German Name
Swahili  
Sanskrit  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[səmskr̩t̪əm]  

Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili  
Not Available  

History

Origin
6th century  
2000 B.C.  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Bantu  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Vedic Sanskrit  

Standard Forms
Swahili  
Sanskrit  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sw  
sa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
swa  
san  

ISO 639 2/B
swa  
san  

ISO 639 3
swa  
san  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
swah1254  
sans1269  

Linguasphere
99-AUS-m  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Ancient  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Synthetic  

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Swahili and Sanskrit Language History

Comparison of Swahili vs Sanskrit language history gives us differences between origin of Swahili and Sanskrit language. History of Swahili language states that this language originated in 6th century whereas history of Sanskrit language states that this language originated in 2000 B.C.. 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 Sanskrit Language History.

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

Swahili vs Sanskrit Difficulty

The Swahili vs Sanskrit difficulty level basically depends on the number of Swahili Alphabets and Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Swahili and Sanskrit, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Swahili is 36 weeks while to learn Sanskrit time required is 20 weeks.

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