Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
India, Nepal
National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Nepal
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
People's Republic of China
Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Language Academy of Nepal
Interesting Facts
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
- 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.
Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Hindi
Derived From
Arabic Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Habari
नमस्ते (namaste)
Thank You
Asante
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
How Are You?
Habari gani?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
Good Night
Usiku mwema
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
Good Evening
Habari za jioni
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
Good afternoon
Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
Sorry
pole
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
I Love You
nakupenda
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
Excuse Me
Samahani
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Dialect 1
Kiunguja
Doteli
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
Nepal
Dialect 2
Kimrima
Bajhangi
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
India, Nepal
Dialect 3
Kimgao
Baitadeli
Where They Speak
Kilwa
Nepal
Native Name
Kiswahili
नेपाली (nēpālī)
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
French Name
swahili
népalais
German Name
Swahili
Nepali
Pronunciation
[swaˈhili]
[neˈpali]
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
No early forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
Standard Forms
Swahili
Nepali
Signed Forms
Swahili Sign Language
Signed Nepali
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual, Macrolanguage
Glottocode
swah1254
nepa1254
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative
All Swahili and Nepali 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 Swahili and Nepali dialects. Various dialects of Swahili and Nepali language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Swahili are spoken in different Swahili Speaking Countries whereas Nepali Dialects are spoken in different Nepali speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Swahili vs Nepali Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Swahili dialects include: Kiunguja, Kimrima. Nepali dialects include: Doteli , Bajhangi. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Swahili and Nepali Speaking population
Swahili and Nepali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swahili and Nepali languages can be compared. The total count of Swahili and Nepali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swahili language is 0.42 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 %. 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 Swahili and Nepali on Swahili vs Nepali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Swahili and Nepali Language Codes
Swahili and Nepali language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Swahili and Nepali Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.