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Swahili vs Sindhi


Sindhi vs Swahili


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
2  
13

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

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)  
National Council For Promotion Of Sindhi Language, Sindhi Language Authority  

Interesting Facts
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
    •   
  • The first writings of Sindhi language were found in 8th century CE.
  • In Sindhi language, every woord ends in a vowel.
  

Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages  
Gujarati  

Derived From
Arabic Language  
Prakrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
24  
6
64  
37

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
10  
7

How Many Consonants
21  
11
42  
31

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic, Devanagari  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
Not Available  

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
10
Not Available  

Greetings

Hello
Habari  
Assalam O Alaikum  

Thank You
Asante  
Meharbani  

How Are You?
Habari gani?  
Kehra haal aahin  

Good Night
Usiku mwema  
tava kia aayo  

Good Evening
Habari za jioni  
Sham Jo Salam  

Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri  
Assalam o Alaikum  

Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi  
Subho Bakhair  

Please
tafadhali  
Mehrbani  

Sorry
pole  
Moon khe afsos aahe  

Bye
bye  
Allah Wahi  

I Love You
nakupenda  
Man tokhe prem karyan ti  

Excuse Me
Samahani  
Maaf Kajo  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kiunguja  
Siraiki  

Where They Speak
Zanzibar island  
Upper Sindh  

Dialect 2
Kimrima  
Vicholi  

Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam  
Central Sindh  

Dialect 3
Kimgao  
Lari  

Where They Speak
Kilwa  
Lower Sindh  

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
150.00 million  
13
29.00 million  
37

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.39 %  
34

Native Speakers
15.00 million  
40
25.00 million  
32

Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili  
Not Available  

French Name
swahili  
sindhi  

German Name
Swahili  
Sindhi-Sprache  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili  
Not Available  

History

Origin
6th century  
711 A.D  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Bantu  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Not Available  

Standard Forms
Swahili  
Sindhi  

Language Position
Not Available  
50  
37

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sw  
sd  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
swa  
snd  

ISO 639 2/B
swa  
snd  

ISO 639 3
swa  
snd  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
swah1254  
sind1272  

Linguasphere
99-AUS-m  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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Swahili and Sindhi Language History

Comparison of Swahili vs Sindhi language history gives us differences between origin of Swahili and Sindhi language. History of Swahili language states that this language originated in 6th century whereas history of Sindhi language states that this language originated in 711 A.D. 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 Sindhi Language History.

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

Swahili vs Sindhi Difficulty

The Swahili vs Sindhi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Swahili Alphabets and Sindhi 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 Sindhi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Swahili and Sindhi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Swahili is 36 weeks while to learn Sindhi time required is Not Available.

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