Countries
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
National Language
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Interesting Facts
- Arabic is 5th common language in world.
- Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
Similar To
Amharic and Hebrew
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Not Available
How Are You?
كيف حالك؟
Habari gani?
Good Night
تصبح على خير
Usiku mwema
Good Evening
مساء الخير
Habari za jioni
Good Afternoon
مساء الخير
nzuri Alasiri
Good Morning
صباح الخير
Habari za asubuhi
I Love You
أحبك
nakupenda
Excuse Me
اعذرني
Samahani
Dialect 1
Maghrebi
Kiunguja
Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
Zanzibar island
Dialect 2
Sudanese
Kimrima
Where They Speak
Sudan
Dar es Salaam
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Levantine
Kimgao
Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant
Kilwa
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية
Not Available
Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
French Name
arabe
swahili
German Name
Arabisch
Swahili
Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
Not Available
Ethnicity
Arabs
Swahili people or Waswahili
Origin
512 CE
6th century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Benue-Congo
Branch
North Arabic
Bantu
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic
Swahili
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Arabic
Not Available
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
arab1395
swah1254
Linguasphere
12-AAC
99-AUS-m
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Not Available
Arabic and Swahili 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 Arabic and Swahili greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Arabic and Swahili language. Arabic word for "Hello" is مرحبا or Swahili word for "Thank You" is Asante. Find more of such common Arabic Greetings and Swahili Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Arabic vs Swahili Difficulty
The Arabic vs Swahili difficulty level basically depends on the number of Arabic Alphabets and Swahili 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 Arabic and Swahili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Arabic and Swahili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Arabic is 88 weeks while to learn Swahili time required is 36 weeks.