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What (who) is Swahili - definition

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Swahili (disambiguation); Swehili

Swahili

[sw?'hi:li, sw?:-]

¦ noun (plural same)

1. a Bantu language widely used as a lingua franca in East Africa.

2. a member of a people of Zanzibar and nearby coastal regions.

Origin

from Arab. sawa?il, plural of sa?il 'coast'.

Kiswahili

BANTU LANGUAGE SPOKEN MAINLY IN EAST AFRICA

Kiswahili versus Swahili; Kiswahili language; Kiswahili; Standard Swahili; Kisuaheli; ISO 639:swa; KiSwahili language; Swahilli; KiSwahili; Swahili (language); Roman Swahili alphabet; Swahili Language; Congo Swahili language; ISO 639:swc; Swahili language (generic); Swahili (macrolanguage); ISO 639:sw; Swahili (individual language); Swahili script; Kiunguja; Language of Unguja; Kiswahili tongue; Zaïre Swahili language; Swahili phonology; Pemba language; Zaire Swahili language; Congo Swahili; Lamu dialect; Mvita dialect; Mrima dialect; Unguja dialect; Kipemba; Tumbatu dialect; Hadimu dialect; Phemba dialect; Amu dialect; Kingwana language; Katanga Swahili language; Lubumbashi Swahili language; Shaba Swahili language; Ngwana language; Mombasa Swahili; Mombasa dialect; Kimvita; Mombasa Swahili dialect; Kivumba; Mafia dialect; Kilwa dialect; Pemba dialect; Swahili language (specific); ISO 639:swh; Makunduchi dialect; Nosse Be dialect; Vumba dialect; Chwaka dialect; Chifundi dialect; Mambrui dialect; Mgao dialect; Fundi dialect; Mrima Swahili; Arabic Swahili alphabet; Swahili alphabet; Coastal Swahili; Coastal Swahili language; Sw (language); Swahili-language; Swahili (macrolanguage) language; History of the Swahili language; Swahili (individual language) language; Ki-Swahili; Swahili orthography

[?ki:sw?'hi:li, ?k?sw?:-]

¦ noun another term for Swahili (the language).

Origin

from the Bantu prefix ki- (used in names of languages) + Swahili.

Kutchi-Swahili

LANGUAGE

Asian Swahili; Cutchi-Swahili language; Asian Swahili language; ISO 639:ccl; Cutchi-Swahili

Kutchi-Swahili, or Cutchi-Swahili, is a Swahili-based creole derived from the Kutchi language of the Kutch district in Gujarat and spoken among the Indian population of East Africa. It is the native language of some Gujarati families from Zanzibar that have settled in the larger cities of mainland Tanzania and Kenya, and is used as a second language by others of the Indian community.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kutchi-Swahili

Wikipedia

Swahili

Swahili may refer to:

Swahili language, a Bantu language official in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda and widely spoken in the African Great Lakes
Swahili people, an ethnic group in East Africa
Swahili culture, the culture of the Swahili people
Swahili coast, a littoral region in East Africa

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swahili

Examples of use of Swahili

1. Everything here is "pole pole", as they say in Swahili.

2. Gration, the son of missionaries in Congo, speaks Swahili and voted for George W.

3. He sings in five languages: English, Swahili, Arabic, Dinka and Nuer.

4. I heard one and then three more so we started running," he said in faltering Swahili.

5. Some are handwritten, others are typed in Arabic, Hindi, Swahili and other languages.