Say Hello in the Swahili Language

Kiswahili

English:	Hello	My name is
Swahili:	Jambo	Jina langu ni
Pronunciation:	JAM-bo	JEE-na LAHN-goo nee

Did You Know You Were Speaking Swahili?

Words in English from the Swahili language:

simba (lion)	uhuru (freedom)	bwana (master)
yam	safari (trip)	Toto (small child, young animal)

Swahili Alphabet

Learning Swahili

Swahili Culture

Who Can You Talk To?

There are around 30.7 million people who speak Swahili in Burundi, Kenya, Mayotte, Mozambique, Oman, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzinia, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, the United States of America, and Zanzibar.

Now you can say hello to 30,700,000 people!*

*Source: Ethnologue: Swahili (2005)

Say Hello to the World was created by Lorri Mon.

Updated on 24 Jun 2008