Countries
Fiji, India
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
National Language
India
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
Asia, Oceania
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Central Hindi Directorate
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Interesting Facts
- In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
- In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
Similar To
Urdu
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hello
नमस्ते (Namastē)
Habari
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
Asante
How Are You?
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
Habari gani?
Good Night
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
Usiku mwema
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
Habari za jioni
Good Afternoon
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
nzuri Alasiri
Good Morning
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
Habari za asubuhi
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
tafadhali
I Love You
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
nakupenda
Excuse Me
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
Samahani
Dialect 1
Khariboli
Kiunguja
Where They Speak
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
Zanzibar island
Dialect 2
Marwari
Kimrima
Where They Speak
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
Dar es Salaam
Where They Speak
Bundelkhand
Kilwa
Native Name
हिन्दी
Kiswahili
Alternative Names
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
French Name
hindi
swahili
German Name
Hindi
Swahili
Pronunciation
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
[swaˈhili]
Ethnicity
Hindustani people
Swahili people or Waswahili
Origin
7th Century
6th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Benue-Congo
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Hindi
Swahili
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
Swahili Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
Glottocode
hind1269
swah1254
Linguasphere
59-AAF-qf
99-AUS-m
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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-
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
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All Hindi and Swahili Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Hindi and Swahili dialects. Various dialects of Hindi and Swahili language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Hindi are spoken in different Hindi Speaking Countries whereas Swahili Dialects are spoken in different Swahili speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Hindi vs Swahili Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Hindi dialects include: Khariboli, Marwari. Swahili dialects include: Kiunguja , Kimrima. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Hindi and Swahili Speaking population
Hindi and Swahili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Hindi and Swahili languages can be compared. The total count of Hindi and Swahili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Hindi language is 4.70 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Swahili language is 0.42 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Hindi and Swahili on Hindi vs Swahili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Hindi and Swahili Language Codes
Hindi and Swahili language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Hindi and Swahili Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.