Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey
National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Turkey
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
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania
Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Turkish Language Association
Interesting Facts
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
- Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
- Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Azerbaijani Language
Derived From
Arabic Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Asante
teşekkür ederim
How Are You?
Habari gani?
Nasılsın?
Good Night
Usiku mwema
İyi Geceler
Good Evening
Habari za jioni
İyi Akşamlar
Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
Tünaydın
Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
günaydın
I Love You
nakupenda
Seni seviyorum
Excuse Me
Samahani
Afedersiniz
Dialect 1
Kiunguja
Azerbaijani Turkish
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Kimrima
Crimean Turkish
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Kilwa
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Not Available
Türkçe
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Anatolian, Türkisch
German Name
Swahili
Türkisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
Turkish
Origin
6th century
c. 1350
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Turkic Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Turkic
Branch
Bantu
Southwestern(Oghuz)
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish
Standard Forms
Swahili
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Turkish Sign Language
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
swah1254
nucl1301
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
44-AAB-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Synthetic
Swahili and Turkish 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 Turkish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Swahili and Turkish language. Swahili word for "Hello" is Habari or Turkish word for "Thank You" is teşekkür ederim. Find more of such common Swahili Greetings and Turkish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Swahili vs Turkish Difficulty
The Swahili vs Turkish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Swahili Alphabets and Turkish 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 Turkish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Swahili and Turkish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Swahili is 36 weeks while to learn Turkish time required is 44 weeks.