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