Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Turkey, Uzbekistan
National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Afganistan, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Middle East
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
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Interesting Facts
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
- Uzbek is officially written in the Latin script, but many people still use Cyrillic script.
- In Uzbek language, there are many loanwords from Russian, Arabic and Persian.
Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Kazakh and Uyghur Languages
Derived From
Arabic Language
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Alphabets in
Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200
Uzbek-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Not Available
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How Are You?
Habari gani?
Qalay siz?
Good Night
Usiku mwema
Hayirli tun
Good Evening
Habari za jioni
Hayirli kech
Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
Hayirli kun
Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
Hayirli tong
I Love You
nakupenda
Sizni sevaman
Excuse Me
Samahani
Iltimos! Menga qarang
Dialect 1
Kiunguja
Tashkent
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
Not Available
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
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Dialect 3
Kimgao
Ferghana
Where They Speak
Kilwa
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Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
Not Available
أۇزبېك ﺗﻴﻠی o'zbek tili ўзбек тили (o‘zbek tili)
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
French Name
swahili
ouszbek
German Name
Swahili
Usbekisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
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Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
Uzbek
Origin
6th century
9th–12th centuries AD
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Turkic Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Turkic
Branch
Bantu
Southestern(Chagatai)
Early Forms
No early forms
Chagatay
Standard Forms
Swahili
Uzbek
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
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Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
swah1254
uzbe1247
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
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Swahili and Uzbek 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 Uzbek greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Swahili and Uzbek language. Swahili word for "Hello" is Habari or Uzbek word for "Thank You" is Rakhmat. Find more of such common Swahili Greetings and Uzbek Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Swahili vs Uzbek Difficulty
The Swahili vs Uzbek difficulty level basically depends on the number of Swahili Alphabets and Uzbek 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 Uzbek are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Swahili and Uzbek, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Swahili is 36 weeks while to learn Uzbek time required is 44 weeks.