Countries
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
National Language
Spain
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Second Language
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Africa
Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Interesting Facts
- One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
- Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
Similar To
French Language
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Derived From
Latin
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
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Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
How Are You?
Cómo estás?
Habari gani?
Good Night
Buenas Noches
Usiku mwema
Good Evening
Bonne soirée
Habari za jioni
Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes
nzuri Alasiri
Good Morning
Buenos Días
Habari za asubuhi
Please
Por Favor
tafadhali
I Love You
Te Quiero
nakupenda
Excuse Me
Discúlpeme
Samahani
Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish
Kiunguja
Where They Speak
Mexico
Zanzibar island
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish
Kimrima
Where They Speak
Cuba
Dar es Salaam
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish
Kimgao
Where They Speak
Puerto Rico
Kilwa
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Español
Not Available
Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
French Name
espagnol; castillan
swahili
German Name
Spanisch
Swahili
Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Not Available
Swahili people or Waswahili
Origin
210 BC
6th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Romance
Benue-Congo
Branch
Not Available
Bantu
Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish
No early forms
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
Swahili
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Spanish
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
stan1288
swah1254
Linguasphere
51-AAA-b
99-AUS-m
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Not Available
Spanish 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 Spanish and Swahili greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Spanish and Swahili language. Spanish word for "Hello" is hola or Swahili word for "Thank You" is Asante. Find more of such common Spanish Greetings and Swahili Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Spanish vs Swahili Difficulty
The Spanish vs Swahili difficulty level basically depends on the number of Spanish 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 Spanish and Swahili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Spanish and Swahili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Spanish is 24 weeks while to learn Swahili time required is 36 weeks.