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Swahili vs Marwari


Marwari vs Swahili


Countries

Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya  
Rajastan, India  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
1  
14

National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania  
Rajastan, India  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Nepal, Pakistan  

Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
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  • Marwari language was historically written in Mahajani, which is version of the Landa script.
  • Marwari language is written in Arabic Alphabets in Pakistan.
  

Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages  
Gujarati, Haryanvi, Hindi and Punjabi Languages  

Derived From
Arabic Language  
Gujarati Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Marwari-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
24  
6
42  
22

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
10  
7

How Many Consonants
21  
11
32  
22

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Habari  
khammaghani  

Thank You
Asante  
dhanyavaad  

How Are You?
Habari gani?  
Kikan ho sa?  

Good Night
Usiku mwema  
shubh raatri  

Good Evening
Habari za jioni  
Shubh Honjh  

Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri  
Shubh Befar  

Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi  
Shubh Havar  

Please
tafadhali  
kirpa  

Sorry
pole  
Maaf Karo  

Bye
bye  
bye  

I Love You
nakupenda  
main tanne pyaar karoon  

Excuse Me
Samahani  
maaf karo  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kiunguja  
Jogi  

Where They Speak
Zanzibar island  
India  

How Many People Speak
75,000,000.00  
12
14,000,000.00  
33

Dialect 2
Kimrima  
Bagri  

Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam  
India  

How Many People Speak
75,000,000.00  
10
14,000,000.00  
31

Dialect 3
Kimgao  
Dhundhari  

Where They Speak
Kilwa  
India  

How Many People Speak
75,000,000.00  
9
13,000,000.00  
28

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
150.00 million  
13
22.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.42 %  
34
0.21 %  
99+

Native Speakers
15.00 million  
40
14.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
75.00 million  
14
13.00 million  
37

Native Name
Kiswahili  
Marwari  

Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili  
Marvadi, Marvari, Marwadi, Rajasthani  

French Name
swahili  
marvari  

German Name
Swahili  
Marwari  

Pronunciation
[swaˈhili]  
[məˈrwɑːɾi]  

Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili  
Marwari or Marwadi  

History

Origin
6th century  
16  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
-  

Branch
Bantu  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Swahili  
Marwari  

Language Position
21  
19
72  
99+

Signed Forms
Swahili Sign Language  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
sw  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
swa  
mwr  

ISO 639 2/B
swa  
mwr  

ISO 639 3
swa  
mwr  

ISO 639 6
swa  
mwr  

Glottocode
swah1254  
raja1256  

Linguasphere
99-AUS-m  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Swahili and Marwari Language History

Comparison of Swahili vs Marwari language history gives us differences between origin of Swahili and Marwari language. History of Swahili language states that this language originated in 6th century whereas history of Marwari language states that this language originated in 16. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Swahili and Marwari Language History.

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Swahili and Marwari 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 Marwari greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Swahili and Marwari language. Swahili word for "Hello" is Habari or Marwari word for "Thank You" is dhanyavaad. Find more of such common Swahili Greetings and Marwari Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Swahili vs Marwari Difficulty

The Swahili vs Marwari difficulty level basically depends on the number of Swahili Alphabets and Marwari 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 Marwari are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Swahili and Marwari, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Swahili is 36 weeks while to learn Marwari time required is 44 weeks.

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