Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Armenian Highland
National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
Interesting Facts
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Greek
Derived From
Arabic Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Latin
Armenian manuscript
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Habari
Բարեւ (Barev)
Thank You
Asante
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
How Are You?
Habari gani?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
Good Night
Usiku mwema
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
Good Evening
Habari za jioni
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
Բարի օր (Bari or)
Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
Please
tafadhali
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
Sorry
pole
կներեք (knerek’)
I Love You
nakupenda
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
Excuse Me
Samahani
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
Dialect 1
Kiunguja
Eastern Armenian
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
Dialect 2
Kimrima
Western Armenian
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
Dialect 3
Kimgao
Not Applicable
Where They Speak
Kilwa
Not Applicable
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
Native Name
Not Available
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
French Name
swahili
arménien
German Name
Swahili
Armenisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
Armenians
Origin
6th century
late 5th century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Not Available
Branch
Bantu
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
Standard Forms
Swahili
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
swah1254
arme1241
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
57-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Not Available
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Swahili and Armenian 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 Swahili and Armenian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Swahili and Armenian language. Swahili word for "Hello" is Habari or Armenian word for "Thank You" is Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun). Find more of such common Swahili Greetings and Armenian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Swahili vs Armenian Difficulty
The Swahili vs Armenian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Swahili Alphabets and Armenian 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 Swahili and Armenian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Swahili and Armenian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Swahili is 36 weeks while to learn Armenian time required is 44 weeks.