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
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
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
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
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
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Indonesian
Branch
Bantu
Not Available
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 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
swah1254
taga1269
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
31-CKA
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.