Similarities Between Arabic and Swahili

Swahili is a Bantu language native to the east coast of Africa, primarily in Tanzania, Kenya, Comoros, Mayotte, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Bajuni Islands of Somalia, northern Mozambique, Zambia, Malawi, and Madagascar. Despite belonging to different language family groups, Swahili and Arabic share a lot of common words. While the core of the Swahili vocabulary comes from the native Bantu language family, it contains many words derived from Arabic, aside from the terms which are related to religion.
In this video, we compare some of the common words between Swahili (Kiswahili) and Arabic (العربية) with Abdilahi and Nagib Munir, Swahili speakers from Tanzania and Kenya, respectively, and Hassan and Mohammad, Arabic speakers from Saudi Arabia.
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Arabic is a Central Semitic language and has official/national status Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, SADR, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tanzania (Zanzibar), Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen.
Swahili is part of the Sabaki branch of the Bantu languages, which also includes Ilwana (Malakote), Pokomo, Mijikenda, Comorian, , and Mwani. Much of Swahili's Bantu vocabulary has cognates in the Pokomo, Taita, and Mijikenda languages. Aside from Arabic, Swahili also contains words from other languages such as Persian, Hindustani (Urdu / Hindi), Portuguese, and Malagasy.

[@BahadorAlast]

The 2nd Arabic sentence should be spelled as follows: "وصل محمد و حسن إلي المدرسة" I apologize for the error in the video. Happy to feature the Swahili language for the first time. Even though the core of the Swahili vocabulary comes from the native Bantu language family, it contains many words derived from Arabic, aside from the terms which are related to religion. Follow and contact us on Instagram if you are interested in participating in a future video: instagram.com/BahadorAlast

[@kshitij862]

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[@kristinamikail6447]

Please correct the Arabic sentence وصل محمد و حسن إلي المدرسة Or you can say وصلا محمد و حسن إلي المدرسة

[@astesiaa]

@@kristinamikail6447 there are many dialects of "Arabic".. that dialect might be one of them..

[@kristinamikail6447]

@@astesiaa I speak Arabic Born and raised in Egypt I know the different Arabic dialects

[@astesiaa]

@@kristinamikail6447 I see.. can you write something in arabic here, BUT IN LATIN SCRIPT SO THAT I CAN READ IT.. if so then kindly Write this - *"Physics and Maths are two seperate elements of the same branch, i.e Science"*

[@stevenelmas8629]

It’s great that the arab man mentioned the Comoros island we are often forgotten as a swahili speaking country

[@gurgenartsimovich8893]

Are you from Comoros?

[@stevenelmas8629]

@@gurgenartsimovich8893 My father is from Mayotte island actually but it is the same

[@djekoelada9969]

@@stevenelmas8629 french

[@stevenelmas8629]

@@djekoelada9969 In terms of nationality yes, but culturally it’s exactly the same btw

[@fegow-farmland8399]

Do Comoros speak kiswahili, like the whole country

[@WambuiNdungu]

The young man from the 🇰🇪 coast is brilliant! Very well informed & a good communicator adding more info to a word. 👌🏾

[@mohammedabbas5470]

He needs to improve his English just a bit the saudi guy speaks English almost to fluent

[@ruthn9381]

He represented Kenya well. Kudos!

[@ninabintizion1411]

They are all brilliant…no one comes to the show like this without being knowledgeable 🙄…moreover, why do we always like to compare? Rather than focusing on the content?

[@doriskuria6761]

@@mohammedabbas5470 most of the pple from the coast region cant speak fluent english because they are more exposed to swahili more than english

[@chuitiger9393]

@@mohammedabbas5470 for learning purpose he is okay

[@gamerabossb1777]

I am swahili, but I have some Arabian descent. I am learning Arabic and because of loan words it is easier for me to memorize some words.

[@zaharabanoo6338]

Arabic language has influenced wherever it went with Islam even in India our languages have enormous influence of Arabic. BTW love to both groups they are muslimsm. love from India..

[@NoOneAndNotYou]

And colonization ;)

[@simsim6419]

@@NoOneAndNotYouArabs intermarried and intermixed with the locals not just colonized

[@NoOneAndNotYou]

@@simsim6419 no comment :)

[@Marcel-alhind]

@@NoOneAndNotYou don't you dare Compare Muslimen to kîll ræpe mûrdér with middle easterners.

[@Marcel-alhind]

@@simsim6419 those were Islamic Allah Khayrul-Makereen the greatest deciver conquerers. Its not the fault of middle easterners. Cult member does not associate themselves with anyone else

[@markomiljkovic1137]

I would love to visit Kenya! It's an amazingly beautiful country.

[@ladydiana885]

You should very beautiful country.

[@markomiljkovic1137]

@@ladydiana885 Certainty will before 2024, provided this whole Covid thing doesn't get in the way again

[@ladydiana885]

Beautiful beaches, food especially in coast. Mombasa , malindi.

[@markomiljkovic1137]

@@ladydiana885 You're right indeed. Are you from Kenya?

[@ladydiana885]

@@markomiljkovic1137 yes .born and raise in coast place call likoni ferry. But move to USA.

[@worldly8888]

The conversation changed when they were asking about where Swahili is spoken so Mr. Naqib did not get to finish so I just will add that Swahili is primarily spoken in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi, but also you will find many Swahili speakers in Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Comoros Islands, Madagascar, and outside of Africa in Oman, there is a significant number of people who have roots from the Swahili coast, the coastal area of the Indian Ocean in East Africa inhabited by the Swahili people, who speak and understand Swahili.

[@milkanjuru4424]

Well explained. Thanks.

[@astesiaa]

Very informative, thank you

[@milkanjuru4424]

I think the confusion about Somalis speaking Swahili is the millions in North Eastern region of Kenya who speak Swahili. It's correct Somalia is not a Swahili speaking country

[@gureyleaxmed317]

he said swahili is spoken in somalia i was shocked

[@gureyleaxmed317]

@@mosy5277 no only somali people who live in kenya can speak sawhili we don't have any minority who speak sawihili language in somalia somali people have their langauge at least 2 milion people in kenya speaks somali language my be those are who can speak sawhili becouse they live in kenya i don't know why they guy included somalia as sawihli speaking nation

[@moneym7017]

I am Indian Muslim with Yemeni and Persian roots. And married into Swahili family of Oman. I am familiar with Urdu/Hindi, Arabic and Swahili. My own language is a mixture of Arabic, Kannada, Malayalam and English.

[@henryosok8317]

So.. waongea lugha zote

[@HAmmar0121]

I am from zanzibar with omani heritage but we don't call ourselves arabs. We are proud swahili people.

[@zaharabanoo6338]

@@HAmmar0121 racial pride isn't something you should promote and encourage instead encourage loving humans and judging them by their values and ideals like Deen

[@HAmmar0121]

@@zaharabanoo6338 Everyone should be proud of their race, nation, culture.... Allah created us in different races, families and cultures and we should be proud of that which Allah has given us and at the same time we should love and explore our differences and similarities, we must realise we are all from Adam (a.s) and no one is better than the other. "O mankind, indeed We have created you from male and female and made you peoples and tribes that you may know one another. Indeed, the most noble of you in the sight of Allah is the most righteous of you." (QUR'AN 49:13) What is bad about me saying I have omani heritage but I consider myself to be a swahili person? I am just talking about my background. Brotherhood between muslims is the most brotherhood but Islam did not say not to be proud of your culture and race, just don't think you are better than others. Imam Ali (a.s) said, "People are either your brothers in faith or your equals in humanity."

[@parisz]

​@@HAmmar0121 Tuko pamoja kaka, my grandfather was from Moroni and my grandmother was Zinjibari Alhamdulillahi

[@MUHAMMADASLAM-bt7df]

All the arabic words used by Saudi brothers are also used in formal urdu except the names of eating stuff.. And as a Pakistani i am also aware of all these arabic words🥰

[@Kosovoalbaner06]

Love and respect all arabs and swahili native speakers 🇸🇦🇰🇪 😍😍.

[@andrelove9634]

Swahili is not people it's a language!

[@justinamusyoka4986]

Who are swahili people ? Just asking. 🇰🇪.

[@andrelove9634]

@@justinamusyoka4986 No such thing as Swahili people!

[@anthoniquesharon1828]

@@justinamusyoka4986 By the way even in uganda the language luganda also has some words that are the same as the ones in swahili.

[@jantymugasia2035]

@@andrelove9634 Yes Swahili is a language but people who speak Swahili here in Kenya we call them Swahili people

[@abigailwangui7273]

I love this...I'm from Nairobi, Kenya and here our Swahili isn't as 'clean' as our brother's and sister's from the coastal part of Kenya. They speak 'Swahili Sanifu' while in Nairobi our Swahili has a lot of influence from our other different tribal languages (we have over 40 tribes in Kenya and each tribe with its language) I knew Swahili has a lot of Arabic influence and this is interesting to watch. We also share a lot of similar words with the Turkish language which I find to be a very beautiful language.

[@mwanaishakhamis8069]

Shukran 🙏 .Swahili wa mambasa wako wanati WAKILINDINI,WATANGANA NA WACHANGMWE

[@husseinchea5524]

@@mwanaishakhamis8069 wamvita na wajomvu

[@KiswahiliWithAbdulkarim]

Merhaba abla

[@prettydamsel9237]

Mlifunzwa mkakataa sheng tu ndio mwajua

[@michaelrapando6658]

Not that much like you intend to potray.Most Arabic words in Swahili amply mostly to things which were not native to Swahili or other bantu languages.most Arabic words in Swahili end with I the same applys to words created for modern things like computer_tarakilishi to imply its not native Swahili word.

[@harrietgrace4226]

IAM FROM UGANDA 🇺🇬 AND I LOVE SPEAKING SWAHILI AND LEARN MORE TO BE FLUENT.

[@omoticwarrior5768]

Much love to my Kenyan and Tanzanian brothers and Sisters. From Ethiopia 🇪🇹

[@iamabduliz]

Congrats to my brother from Kenya . You did a great job there #swahilination

[@minaal-lami2855]

Thank you for doing this. I've been reading a lot about Swahili recently. It's very interesting to see it has many Arabic words even though it is neither a Semitic or Afroasiatic language.

[@Nghilifa]

It's the same as Spanish, in the sense that it has some loanwords from Arabic (I think spanish has around 3000 loanwords from Arabic.). That said, the loanwords are only lexical, so they cover things like certain numbers, and physical items etc. There is no influence from Arabic in terms of its grammar, as the language is actually a variant from the Sabaki dialects spoken in Coastal Kenya/Tanzania. This is why people who speak other languages from the same language phylum (bantu languages) don't have a hard time learning the basics of kiSwahili, because they're pretty much the same. For example, the word (prefix) "ki" in other bantu languages are called "chi/isi/otji/oshi" and so forth, so the language of the Bemba people in Zambia for example, is called chiBemba. The language of the Kongo people (who are found in Congo DRC, Congo ROC, Angola etc) is called KiKingo, so the prefix there is the same as in KiSwahili.

[@oriolagullo9800]

I am Spanish. There are up to 20% spanish words that come from arabic, but most of them are no longer used, because they belong to things related to the old rural life, handicraft, specific words for outdated tools, etc.

[@raegitano6345]

@@oriolagullo9800 Are you from Spain?

[@raegitano6345]

Certain languages are influenced by others but are not family. E.g. Swahili, Spanish, Turkish, English. English is not Romance or Celtic like I always thought.

[@fatmashamlal7968]

Ki- Swahili is a mixture of Bantu languages and Arabic, although afew other languages have been inter-mixed into it.

[@annelessick3163]

I learned Swahili in eastern Congo and then became a Swahili instructor in the USA for a while. In 208 I planned a 3 week trip to Morocco so I pulled out my old formal dictionary (Ashton, if I recall correctly) and then found 100-200 Swahili words with Arabic roots. It was so so so much fun to freak shopkeepers out with zeitun (olives) or tum (garlic) and on and on. A bit too in Turkey in 2019.

[@luganomwaisumo1938]

Please visit Tanzania home of swahili

[@prettydamsel9237]

@@luganomwaisumo1938 no its not the coastal areas of east african are home of swahili....watanzania wengine hawajui kiswahili mwajisifu na hamna kitu hapo

[@jumanguluko38]

Keep it up from Tanzania 🇹🇿

[@remiomar7154]

proud of Swahili from Mombasa (Kenya)

[@bamdadkhan]

these guys were so lovely and friendly. thanks for this : )

[@rikayangu3833]

I learned my salamu alekum, shukran, marhabaetc when I first vacationed in Dubai in the late 90s, I just felt it`s respectful to greet people in their language when they are already nice enough to welcome you. Over the years, I have kept the practice, and in any place I visit, I try to learn the basic words. Recently in Egypt(April) a shop owner was surprised when he whispered bismillah( when I bought something from him) and I understood, he did not expect me to understand a word Arabic being im a black woman. thanks for amking such an interesting topic, really enjoyable.

[@malikaabizar8318]

Try to visit algeria north africa we also speak arabic and berber here. And moreover it is in africa in your continent

[@imanabd1360]

I was waiting for a video like this one! Thank you Bahador and well done guys for this beautiful exchange 👏

[@rahimfaraji7647]

Nice to see Swahili on here as a longtime fan of your channel and a Swahili person myself. Please continue to do more Swahili comparisons.

[@kavalik]

Hi there, watched a few of your clips, really enjoyed them, just wanted to say I love what you've got going here. Especially these days, it feels like more people around the world need to be reminded of the fact that we, as humans, have so much in common and our differences are negligible. Thanks and دمتون گرم.

[@Viktorvelat95]

Hey Bahador, my man! As always, a great video! I’m a language geek myself and love all of your videos! My suggestion for the next video would be - try to find native speakers of these languages: Vietnamese (northern and southern), Northern Mandarin, Cantonese, Korean, Japanese and Shanghainese Wu and try to let them focus on the words that are loanwords from Middle Chinese language, if each of them could formulate a sentence that others could potentially understand (it is quite possible, just like many European languages use Greek and Latin loanwords)

[@Yasmin-zs9jx]

Nice combination it’s really interesting and they are so talkative definitely learned more about our swahili language and heritage 💗 greetings from Watamu (kenya)

[@salihalash4111]

I wished Sudan can make swahili a lingua france to be closer to EAC

[@mwanikimwaniki6801]

@@salihalash4111 You already have Arabic

[@siratshi455]

I knew Swahili had some Arabic words but brooo this is so cool, there are so many similarities! I started to think that even my language (Kazakh) has less Arabic loanwords and I feel jealous

[@siratshi455]

Oh and I just figured out that we say shalbar for trousers, I think it's kinda similar to suruali

[@gloriasarah9653]

As a Kiswahili speaker, it's way more similar to Bantu languages there's few words like 200-300 that are similar because of trade and slave trade and Islam but its mainly a Bantu language

[@ywa2316]

@@gloriasarah9653 Even the word Swahili is an arabic word which means "coasts". The numbers are all arabic except 7 numbers.

[@omees32.]

Our Kenyan brother is representing 🔥. Masha'Allah

[@HAmmar0121]

I'm zanzibarian and so proud of Nagib, well spoken and confident.

[@parisz]

​@@HAmmar0121 Zanzibari, not Zanzibarian kaka

[@empireiranpersian9875]

Thank you bahador you deserve more views ❤ I know Arabic because I was born in the UAE, and when I traveled to East Africa to Zanzibar, I realized how close the swahili to Arabic. Number of swahili and words is similar to arabic Due to the rule of Oman in East Africa

[@mohamedvuaa1579]

Hata kabla ya utawala wa waomani kiswahili kilikua na maneno ya kiarabu hii ni kutokan a na muingiliano wa kitamaduni na uhusiano mwena na maeneo ya nje na waswahili pia jografia ya mwambao wa afrikamashariki na ishtighali mbalimbali zilojumuisha watu toka asili tafauti zilichangia

[@ramyali6347]

@@mohamedvuaa1579 ungetumia Kiingereza ,huenda haelewi kisw

[@mohamedvuaa1579]

@@ramyali6347 kama haelewi na aangalie nyenzo atayotumia kutafsiri na hapo atapata kujiifunza

[@waleedkhaled7898]

@@mohamedvuaa1579 nam maka haq qan hnak alktheer min altbadil altgary been afriqa walbldan alarbiah khasitn swhil afriqia alshrqiah w alarab methil alyemen wa oman I wrote this in arabic but instead useing arabic letter i used english I don’t know if you understand it In arabic will be like this نعم معك حق كان هناك الكثير من التبادل التجاري بين افريقيا والبلدان العربيه خاصةً سواحل افريقيا والعرب مثل اليمن وعمان جنوب شبة الجزيره العربية

[@mohamedvuaa1579]

@@waleedkhaled7898 naam swadakta

[@user-de6uj9pf3o]

Wow,this video made me remember my days as a student in kenya,I am orginally from india,My father had a job in kenya and we shifted there.I remember learning swahili for 5 years there,my first swahili teacher,Daisy tr I still miss her.

[@miladymyla]

I am from Kenya and some swahili words also have some hindi e.g bas 😃

[@user-de6uj9pf3o]

@@miladymyla Ooh,sorry I dont know hindi,I am from south india,i hindi is not spoken here

[@user-de6uj9pf3o]

I did my schooling in Nairobi South International School,its been almost 10 years now

[@miladymyla]

Oh really. That is quite some time, Kenya misses you I believe 😀 and hope the swahili is intact

[@JeetuKumarYadav-ow8jq]

@@miladymyla I am from India . And Yes we Use Bas in Hindi.

[@samuelniyokwizera9378]

Shkulani for your Arabic & swahili . I m from Burundi and us also we speak swahili in Bujumbura ( country Burundi) So i’ m happy to watch you 👍🙏

[@Danishkhan-oy7vq]

I love to watch your videos ❤️ Good job Keep it up 👍

[@twitteringothers5059]

In Malaysia and Singapore, the Malays used ' binti ' in female names e,g " Fatimah binti Salman ". 🙂

[@sarahkats8130]

Have learnt a lot from this video.Thanks for the upload

[@seanfitzgerald2946]

Amazing! The Swahili language is part of the Bantu language family (the group of languages spoken in much of central and southern Africa) but has had considerable Arabic influences. Today, Swahili is the African language most widely recognized outside the continent. Spoken in twelve countries, Swahili is the gateway to the rich culture and dynamic economy of East Africa.

[@teejayangel6638]

Correction it's spoken in Southern East Africa and central Africa. It originated from the Bantus at coast of Kenya and they borrowed Arabic,Portuguese and Persian words, just like English has borrowed words from other languages. If you hear the coastal Bantus speak their native language, it's Swahili.

[@maragolihistory2118]

It's not just the language alone but Also the culture.

[@eluemina2366]

Bantu is not a language family but a branch of the Niger-Congo language family that covers most of western, eastern and southern Africa.

[@maragolihistory2118]

Next video Arabs should compare their Arab vs our Taarabu music and dance. Even music Instruments and especially our Bantu's Chakacha. That will be explosive!!!

[@kwamebantu1315]

@@eluemina2366 They will know soon that the Bantu are the ancient Holy people, the sons of Abram, Isaka, and Akobi,! And all languages come from AKA Africa even Hebrew which comes from Bantu and Aramaic!!

[@ojirotrevor3885]

I love this video!!! I am always telling my Arabic speaking friends how Swahili has so many borrowed words. Great stuff. 🤓👌🏿🔥🔥

[@amirokareem3535]

Thanks enjoyed this one very much.

[@angelaasena5518]

This is so positive. Very informative

[@ajayiimmanuel6918]

Lovely...picking up some similarities between Hausa and Arabic...

[@umulkherali8599]

Keep it up Nagib... Umetuwakilisha vyema wambombasa👏

[@jessicawalker8564]

Great informative useful content.

[@mohamedvuaa1579]

Shukran rafiki tunafahari na furaha adhwim kupata elimu juu ya lugha yetu karimu kiswahili

[@RaffaelloLorenzusSayde]

"Nje ni baridi" sounds like "l'jaw ghina barid" in Levantine Arabic. In English, "Outside here [it's] cold." I might be wrong lol 😅

[@edmondjr17]

You're right 🤣

[@ramyali6347]

We say Nje kuna baridi or Nje ni baridi both are correct.

[@elizabethwanyonyi609]

You are correct

[@zaudatmakula3454]

Nje Kuna baridi

[@mohdymwinyi7901]

You're right

[@chrisogonas]

Swahili Lugha ya Mama. Lugha itukuzwe! This is exciting to see the similarities between Swahili and Arabic. Amazing and educative discussion, folks!

[@emmanuelymacha2653]

Wow this has become one of my favorite channel! Swahili 🇹🇿🇹🇿

[@MsNairobi]

Amazing!! the words are similar ...always learning

[@dadada486]

Swahili, Turkish, Arabic, Persian and Urdu are all very different languages but they are share influences with one another through millenia of history and immigration!

[@vickyakongo9487]

Come again please guys Very educative and interesting 🤔 👍

[@annelessick3163]

Excellent -and so much fun. Shukran… Shukrani!

[@nooor1120]

Nice one Good job guys

[@oduolonginjo3864]

Well done Bahador, would be interesting to watch a video highlighting the similarities between Swahili and other Bantu dialects in Southern Africa as well. Thank You

[@mussakinguti2098]

There is lots of similarity from other African languages with Swahili

[@KawaidaSwahili]

This was really interesting...I have also learnt some Arabic words💕📚

[@aymanradwan1189]

ممتاز great keep on

[@wm9669]

Nice. Really enjoyed this one .

[@BIGOLDCITY1]

That was interesting, we have similar pronunciation and vocabulary

[@MrAllmightyCornholioz]

ALLAH BLESS THESE SPEAKERS

[@njugunamartinari7293]

Who is Allah?

[@ywa2316]

@@njugunamartinari7293 The One Who created us all.

[@user-bs6nd3fg4b]

مره كويس 👌👌 So amazing yaakhi imeweza

[@abdullahjadani1383]

nzuri sana asanti

[@16donamirof]

بسیار برنامه خوبیه. یکی از موارد مهم این برنامه بهادر عزیز اینه که بی توجه به تاریخ و سیاست دروغ میشه همه باهم دوست باشیم. لذت بردم مثل همیشه عالی

[@nuswaibahmunir9526]

Wow nagib I'm so proud of my brother..... And thnx to all of you you did a great job brothers

[@gurgenartsimovich8893]

He's your brother? He is very smart and knowledge

[@mwanaishaobo8808]

Mabruk my grand son .wish you all the best in your studies. Your aunt baby and family

[@al-nnisaamuhaajiriin2101]

Wow

[@astesiaa]

LoL looks like the whole "Family" is here...

[@nasreen1360]

mashallah

[@kiptooj]

Good show. I learned quite a bit.

[@QUINTUSMAXIMUS]

It was a cool video. I loved that young Swahili guy. Great humor. And finally, the other guy laughed at the end. That was a joy.

[@elizabethwanyonyi609]

There are around 33 dialects of the Swahili language which are spoken from North of the Somali coast down to the Mozambique coast. Currently, Kenya speaks the Zanzibar dialect ,Kiunguja, as the national language. We have kimvita,kiamu,kisiu,kimtangata,etc.

[@elizabethwanyonyi609]

Swahili has borrowed words from Arabic, Portuguese, even English. Every language does that.

[@blessingchanne1866]

Somali and kiswahili are related than Arabic

[@Latifaposche]

@@elizabethwanyonyi609 the Arabs came to trade with us and so now you know not the other way sround

[@elizabethwanyonyi609]

@@Latifaposche where did I say we went to trade with them? The Arabs used Africans as porters.

[@collinsoconnor5843]

Punguza kimbelembele

[@evansonmukuria]

Good content there, diversity is interesting

[@NA-gn5lb]

Amazing! I had no idea the two languages were so closely related but it actually makes a lot of sense considering geographically they aren't too far from each other. Very cool to see :)

[@gabriellove5605]

I love this ,am from Mombasa kenya and watching from middle east

[@saidnassor3129]

Great conversation, I would like to join some day. I'm from Zanzibar actually.

[@raudhatmohammed2189]

This is so amazing I have learn Arabic words in easy way🤗 🤗

[@rukuwangaracu]

wow! This is amazing

[@ClassicGal]

Yay you have some Saudis in the house! Was just there and loved it. ❤️

[@monarchyofjackalliancesind3937]

Interesting 💖

[@r.q5194]

Am so amazed how similar swahili and Arabic are.. A proud swahili speaker

[@MRRookie232]

Absolutely loved watching this!

[@MRRookie232]

I wanted to add that Darasa is class (in the context of school)

[@user-ct3um5en5u]

Am so happy that am learning here in KZbin, am doing English language and literature, so am happy to learn other languages ( linguistics) thanks ❤❤

[@annendungutheremnant7242]

Wonderful, the Swahili and Arabic matches alot, wow

[@sokadiska4708]

Where r u from?

[@darkuser9992]

Great video. It'd be good to include some African Arabic dialects like Egyptian and Sudanese as well as Omani which is the source of Arabic words in Swahili.

[@TheTruth-ko9ov]

Actually Yemeni is the source... many Yemeni tribes have the harf g like in "game".. this harf is originally came from those Yemeni tribes and Oman

[@monasirtakesitall]

Ms gurll, Omani arabic is not an African dialect 😭

[@darkuser9992]

@@monasirtakesitall obviously I didn't mean to say Oman was in Africa. Did you really have to point that out?

[@andrelove9634]

The ancient ancestors of the motherland did not call themselves Africans and they did not name the land Africa in ancient time! Just like the ancient ancestors of KMT, did not call themselves Egyptians and they did not call the land Egypt in ancient time! No such thing as African Arabic dialect! The ancient ancestors started language with symbols in BC time. Language and writing originated in the motherland in BC time . Ancient time facts!

[@andrelove9634]

The Arabic language originated from the motherland language!

[@kawikyamazingira6106]

Cool! Next year I need an Arabic tutor.❤🎉

[@fredrickayunga8912]

This is so good my brothers.

[@ingridreim3205]

Very interesting, thank you. I study Arabic and want to learn Swahili, too. I understood a lot in both languages, Saudi seems close to fosha. It encourages me that Swahili would not be too difficult to learn or at least to understand. I must admit, Arabic takes quite an effort and time, especially the grammar and the script, and the pronunciation, too. SALAMAT!

[@ClassicGal]

What level? Currently trying to become conversational in the language (which is difficult). Did you know a similar language prior to learn Arabic? I speak Spanish and English and although I can make some minor connections, the writing and some sounds are completely different!

[@ingridreim3205]

@@ClassicGal Nice, go for it. 👏🌹 I studied arabic for many years and can have conversations with Arabic speaking people (but not about difficult topics). It makes me happy that I can understand entire phrases meanwhile, in the first years only some words. My level might be now approx. B1. But if I dont practice I forget a lot. My next goal now is to learn to understand and write short comments in Arabic on KZbin, the translation option is helpful for learning. I love languages and I am a professional translator for Italian/German and can speak also English, French and Spanish. But besides some words in Spanish, Arabic was a whole new world for me.

[@ingridreim3205]

@@ClassicGal What is your native language?

[@OG_Jin_Bling]

Classical Arabic - Geez - Liturgical Aramaic - Biblical Hebrew We need that one ✌🏼

[@lutauwu6280]

Yesss

[@astesiaa]

Amongst them.. My favourite is *"Hebrew"* It's older than Arabic and Aramaic and it was the only language to come back from the status of "Dead language" to "Living Language"..

[@nabatean180]

@@astesiaa That's wrong Aramaic is older than Hebrew and Hebrew is not preserved Sematic language it is like speaking English with a very thick Chinese accent

[@bhashashikkhakendro]

@@astesiaa How are you bro ? Can you remember me , I am your old friend.

[@astesiaa]

@@nabatean180 incorrect, Hebrew is older than Aramaic.. Old Aramaic was first attested in 800BCE.. whereas Hebrew was first attested in 1000BCE.. so Hebrew is older than Aramaic.. And second, Hebrew is the only language that got revived by Israeli people in the 19th century CE.. and it is now on "Duolingo", "Blabber" and "Mango languages" as one of the learning languages..

[@grammamresh8848]

Hongera Sana mtoto wa kikenya,umetuakilisha vizuri

[@charlesf6612]

Interesting session about a language I don't know much about

[@mpenzi2]

Wow alot of similarities between Swahili and Arabic, I have always thought Arabic is a complicated language.. Well done guys.

[@benjaminshauri380]

For the trousers, I see the Arabs and French have a similar word Le pantalon and Bantalon. In East Africa we adopt an English word Longi from Long or long pants. But pants is the more accurate description of a clothing which worn around the waist and has orifices for both legs which in Swahili would be Suruali (both long and short) and Sirwal in Arabic.

[@reginamuthoni2484]

Una sauti nzuri(you have a good voice)

[@madinamumin6689]

ASSALAM Alaykum. MashaAllah. Good session

[@danielkaranja7978]

It would be awesome to take this further and explore the Arabic and Swahili words from other different languages.

[@nyoike24]

i used to be amazed hearing qur'an recitation and actually grasp some words that are totaly swahili.

[@august_3rd]

Wow I enjoyed this

[@jameskaimenyi6287]

Wow! I love this

[@danielmasters5484]

When I was doing my bachelor’s degree in Linguistics years ago, we had a fields methods class where we had to analyze an unfamiliar language. Our informant was a Lingala speaker from Uganda. Lingala is closely related to Swahili. I remember asking him the numbers and they were basically identical to the names of numbers in Arabic. So, salaasa is three and nisaa is nine. When I asked him how to say 3:00, the informant replied saa tisaa, which should mean 9:00 and when I asked him how to say 9:00, he replied saa salaasa, which should be 3:00. When I asked him how this could be, he informed us that they read the clock differently than other people do.

[@rikayangu3833]

I think Lingala is spoken in Zaire/congo more than in Uganda,I`m not even sure Ugandans speak Lingala I love the language although I do not understand a word. Lingala has the best beats of music in Africa.

[@mwanikimwaniki6801]

@@rikayangu3833 Should be Luganda

[@ksgrmdsdl2383]

Kiswahili is the most beautiful language. In Kenya, we used to learn a lot of Kiswalili as a compulsory examinable subject in primary school and secondary school. Particularly I like Kiswahili poems, Kiswahili proverbs, Kiswahili vocabularies, and Kiswahili phrases. Unfortunately, after high school in Kenya, most Kenyans abandon Kiswahili and start speaking English for business and formal conversations while Sheng (Swahili-English slang) replace Kiswahili proper in ordinary informal conversations.

[@Airfabio]

The third guy is really happy, helpful and so lively! WOW!!!

[@ericomusa440]

very educational video

[@zainabal-marayati5525]

This was very good. Hassan, from Saudi Arabia, has a very good grasp on Arabic language! 👏

[@gurgenartsimovich8893]

What about the other guy?

[@dianah6447]

Love the video! I might be making this up but "Nzuri" kind of sounds like "Nzur or Nazoor" which means "visiting or we're visiting" in Arabic. So maybe "beautiful" in Swahili as in when someone visits you, it's kind of a good/beautiful thing. I don't know I might be wrong on that one

[@estherthea8180]

Nzuur in that context might be zurura...

[@carefree4271]

Zuru-travel

[@miriamondigo6970]

Visiting is ZURU in swahili

[@gambofamilyafrica8147]

Actually we say the same word for visiting in Swahili , Zuru , Nazuru

[@aisthetic.art1]

@@estherthea8180 no.. it's zuru...zurura means to loiter which is different from visiting

[@uthaymaanashshiraaziyy2413]

Maa Shaa Allah I'm Tanzania and Arabic is the mother of all languages ❤❤❤

[@lavendermelvin5716]

Bravo my brother from Kenya 🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪 more love all from Kenya

[@liliqua1293]

Very cool, if we had Omanis, there would be far more common words

[@JosephOccenoBFH]

Yup .. I have an Omani friend and he speaks Swahili ..

[@markomiljkovic1137]

@@JosephOccenoBFH so Omani is that different from standard Arabic?

[@gerrywilliams1392]

@@markomiljkovic1137 yes. All arabic speaking regions have differnt dialects than standars Arabic

[@amoural-harthy7312]

Omanis emigrated to East Africa more than thousand years ago through trading between them. They mingled with locals through marriages and through trading. The swahili language was born when the Arabs and the locals were exchanging their stuff through difficulties to communicate and understand each other. The grandchildren and great grandchildren of the intermarriages are still in East Africa and others have returned to Oman. That is why you will see so many Omanis are swahili speakers Please note that there are more than 3000 words in swahili which were taken from arabic language.

[@yakmi1116]

@@markomiljkovic1137 No. All Arabic dialects are similar to each others. There are minor differences. It may seem different for non-native Arabic speakers. But in the Overall picture, all Arabic dialects from Morocco to Oman are very similar.

[@Gina-zd9sf]

Bantu is a group of "Bantu language" speaking peoples that include Swahili speakers. The Congo is majorly Bantu-speaking and so are Tanzania, Kenya, southern Africa, central Africa, east Africa etc.

[@rabbipopanzfirlefanz3973]

Very good explanation from the guy on right

[@dhakomodherooherokoko6037]

He is accurate