Countries
India, Nepal
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
National Language
Nepal
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
People's Republic of China
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Interesting Facts
- Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
- Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
Similar To
Hindi
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)
Habari
Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
Asante
How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
Habari gani?
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
Usiku mwema
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
Habari za jioni
Good Afternoon
Good afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
Habari za asubuhi
Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
pole
I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
nakupenda
Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Samahani
Dialect 1
Doteli
Kiunguja
Where They Speak
Nepal
Zanzibar island
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Bajhangi
Kimrima
Where They Speak
India, Nepal
Dar es Salaam
Dialect 3
Baitadeli
Kimgao
Where They Speak
Nepal
Kilwa
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)
Not Available
Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
French Name
népalais
swahili
German Name
Nepali
Swahili
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Swahili people or Waswahili
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Benue-Congo
Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
No early forms
Standard Forms
Nepali
Swahili
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
Not Available
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
nepa1254
swah1254
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Not Available
Nepali 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 Nepali and Swahili greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Nepali and Swahili language. Nepali word for "Hello" is नमस्ते (namaste) or Swahili word for "Thank You" is Asante. Find more of such common Nepali Greetings and Swahili Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Nepali vs Swahili Difficulty
The Nepali vs Swahili difficulty level basically depends on the number of Nepali 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 Nepali and Swahili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Nepali and Swahili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Nepali is 44 weeks while to learn Swahili time required is 36 weeks.