Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
  
Philippines
  
National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
  
Philippines
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Filipinos
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia, Australia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
  
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
  
Interesting Facts
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
- In 1593, "Doctrina Christiana" was first book written in two versions of Tagalog.
- The name "Tagalog" means "native to" and "river". "Tagalog"is derived from taga ilog, which means "inhabitants of the river".
  
Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
  
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
  
Derived From
Arabic Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Tagalog-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Baybayin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Habari
  
Kamusta
  
Thank You
Asante
  
Salamat po
  
How Are You?
Habari gani?
  
Kamusta ka na?
  
Good Night
Usiku mwema
  
Magandang gabi
  
Good Evening
Habari za jioni
  
Magandang gabi po
  
Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
  
Magandang hapon po
  
Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
  
Magandang umaga po
  
Please
tafadhali
  
pakiusap
  
Sorry
pole
  
pinagsisisihan
  
Bye
bye
  
Paálam
  
I Love You
nakupenda
  
Iniibig kita
  
Excuse Me
Samahani
  
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
  
Dialect 1
Kiunguja
  
Batangas Tagalog
  
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
  
Batangas, Gabon
  
Dialect 2
Kimrima
  
Bisalog
  
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
  
Philippines
  
Dialect 3
Kimgao
  
Filipino
  
Where They Speak
Kilwa
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
150.00 million
  
13
73.00 million
  
24
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
15.00 million
  
40
28.00 million
  
29
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
45.00 million
  
13
Native Name
Not Available
  
Tagalog
  
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
  
Filipino, Pilipino
  
French Name
swahili
  
tagalog
  
German Name
Swahili
  
Tagalog
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
  
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
  
Tagalog people
  
Origin
6th century
  
1593
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Indonesian
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
  
Standard Forms
Swahili
  
Filipino
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sw
  
t1
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
swa
  
tgl
  
ISO 639 2/B
swa
  
tgl
  
ISO 639 3
swa
  
tg1
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
swah1254
  
taga1269
  
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
  
31-CKA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Swahili and Tagalog 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 Tagalog greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Swahili and Tagalog language. Swahili word for "Hello" is Habari or Tagalog word for "Thank You" is Salamat po. Find more of such common Swahili Greetings and Tagalog Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Swahili vs Tagalog Difficulty
The Swahili vs Tagalog difficulty level basically depends on the number of Swahili Alphabets and Tagalog 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 Tagalog are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Swahili and Tagalog, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Swahili is 36 weeks while to learn Tagalog time required is 44 weeks.