Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
China
National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
China
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
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan
Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
Interesting Facts
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
- Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
- Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Uzbek Language
Derived From
Arabic Language
Gokturk Language
Alphabets in
Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200
Uyghur-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom
Hello
Habari
Ässalamu läykum.
How Are You?
Habari gani?
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?
Good Night
Usiku mwema
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun
Good Evening
Habari za jioni
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
Not Available
Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
I Love You
nakupenda
sizni yahshi kOrman
Excuse Me
Samahani
Kachurung
Dialect 1
Kiunguja
Turpan
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
China
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
China
Where They Speak
Kilwa
China
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
Not Available
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga
French Name
swahili
ouïgour
German Name
Swahili
Uigurisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
Uyghur
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Turkic Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Not Available
Branch
Bantu
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki
Standard Forms
Swahili
Uyghur
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Not Available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
swah1254
uigh1240
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
No data Available
Language Type
Living
Not Available
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Swahili and Uyghur 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 Uyghur greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Swahili and Uyghur language. Swahili word for "Hello" is Habari or Uyghur word for "Thank You" is rakhmat. Find more of such common Swahili Greetings and Uyghur Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Swahili vs Uyghur Difficulty
The Swahili vs Uyghur difficulty level basically depends on the number of Swahili Alphabets and Uyghur 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 Uyghur are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Swahili and Uyghur, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Swahili is 36 weeks while to learn Uyghur time required is 44 weeks.