Swahili is mainly made up of Bantu and Arabic. Other minor languages include Hindi and Portuguese. And currently, English too.
Bantu and Arabic primarily make up the Swahili language.
Swahili is mainly influenced by the Arabic culture due to historical trade interactions along the East African coast. Additionally, Swahili has elements of Bantu languages spoken in the region, as many Swahili words have Bantu origins.
Swahili is a Bantu language that developed from Sabaki.Some words are derived from Arabic through more than 12 centuries of contact with Arabic-speaking people.Other languages that loaned words to Swahili are:PersianGermanPortugueseEnglishFrenchCLARIFICATION: Swahili is a Bantu language with a basic Bantu-type grammar and a vocabulary drawn from many Bantu languages. There is no language in East Africa called Sabaki. By far the greatest number of non-Bantu words in Swahili have Arabic origins, but in recent decades English has been catching up.
Yes, Swahili is a language that has verbs like other languages. Verbs in Swahili are used to express actions, states, or events.
English and Swahili are different in terms of their origins - English is a Germanic language while Swahili is a Bantu language with significant Arabic influence. However, both languages have borrowed words from other languages due to historical interactions. Additionally, both languages are widely spoken and used in international communication.
Bantu and Arabic primarily make up the Swahili language.
Swahili is mainly made up of Bantu and Arabic. Other minor languages include Hindi and Portuguese. And currently, English too.
Norwegian Swahili and English
No, Swahili is not spoken in Liberia, except possibly by immigrants. For the languages of Liberia, click here.
Swahili is derived from several languages and not two, but the principal ones include Arabic and African languages along the East coast of Africa. The other languages which Swahili is derived from include Hindi and Portuguese.
Swahili is mainly influenced by the Arabic culture due to historical trade interactions along the East African coast. Additionally, Swahili has elements of Bantu languages spoken in the region, as many Swahili words have Bantu origins.
The Swahili word for "spirits" is "roho". While there are more than sixty languages spoken in Kenya, the two official languages are English and Swahili. There is no language called "Kenyan".
Spanish, Swahili, Swedish
The two languages are VERY different. It would be the same question as asking 'Compare the languages dutch/english or french and swahili? They are not from the same language group, nor language family.
Swahili is a Bantu language that developed from Sabaki.Some words are derived from Arabic through more than 12 centuries of contact with Arabic-speaking people.Other languages that loaned words to Swahili are:PersianGermanPortugueseEnglishFrenchCLARIFICATION: Swahili is a Bantu language with a basic Bantu-type grammar and a vocabulary drawn from many Bantu languages. There is no language in East Africa called Sabaki. By far the greatest number of non-Bantu words in Swahili have Arabic origins, but in recent decades English has been catching up.
Swahili is the most widely spoken.
There is no language called "Kenyan". Kenya's official languages are English and Swahili. In Swahili, it's samahani.