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Languages in Swahili

This is a list of some common languages in Swahili. This lesson is complementary to our other 2 pages: Nationality and Countries.

English: Kiingereza
Arabic: Kiarabu
Chinese: Kichina
Brazilian: Kibrazili
French: Kifaransa
German: Kijerumani
Greek: Kigiriki
Hebrew: Kiyahudi
Hindi: Kihindi
Irish: Seltiki
Italian: Kiitaliano
Japanese: Kijapani
Korean: Kikorea
Latin: Kilatini
Persian: Kiajemi
Portuguese: Kireno
Russian: Kirusi
Spanish: Kihispania
Swedish: Kiswidi
Urdu: Kiurdu

Now we will put some of the words above into a sentence which you might use in a regular conversation. All you need is to swap languages but keep the same sentence structure.

I speak Italian: Ninazungumuza kiitaliano
I want to learn Spanish: Ningependa kujifunza kihispania
My mother tongue is German: kijeremani ni lugha ya mama
I love the Japanese language: ninapenda lugha ya kijapani
I don't speak Korean: sizungumuzi kikorea
Spanish is easy to learn: ni rahisi kujifunza kihispania

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