Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
Speaking Continents
Africa
Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia
Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
Interesting Facts
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
- One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
- Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
French and Portuguese Languages
Derived From
Arabic Language
Latin
Alphabets in
Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200
Italian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
Habari gani?
Come stai?
Good Night
Usiku mwema
buonanotte
Good Evening
Habari za jioni
buonasera
Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
buon pomeriggio
Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
buongiorno
Please
tafadhali
Per Favore
I Love You
nakupenda
Ti amo
Excuse Me
Samahani
Scusami
Dialect 1
Kiunguja
Romanesco
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
Lazio
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Kimrima
Central Italian
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Kilwa
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Not Available
Italiano
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Italiano
French Name
swahili
italien
German Name
Swahili
Italienisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[itaˈljaːno]
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
Italians
Origin
6th century
960 BC
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Romance
Branch
Bantu
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Swahili
Italian
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
itas
Glottocode
swah1254
ital1282
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
51-AAA-q
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional, Synthetic
Swahili and Italian 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 Italian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Swahili and Italian language. Swahili word for "Hello" is Habari or Italian word for "Thank You" is grazie. Find more of such common Swahili Greetings and Italian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Swahili vs Italian Difficulty
The Swahili vs Italian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Swahili Alphabets and Italian 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 Italian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Swahili and Italian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Swahili is 36 weeks while to learn Italian time required is 24 weeks.