Bantu language of the Swahili people (official language of Kenya and Tanzania and commonly spoken in east and central Africa), Kiswahili
member of a Bantu people who inhabit the east coasts and islands of eastern and southern Africa
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Swahili Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
Swahili is a Bantu language spoken in Tanzania, Burundi, Kenya, Mayotte, Mozambique, Somalia, South Africa and Uganda.
Swahili is mainly used as a second language to communicate acrss groups where indigenous languages vary, for example in 1982 93 per cent of the population of Tanzania were bilingual with Swahili and only two per cent spoke only Swahili.
The language is: Swahili
Swahili is mainly used as a second language to communicate acrss groups where indigenous languages vary, for example in 1982 93 per cent of the population of Tanzania were bilingual with Swahili and only two per cent spoke only Swahili.
The language is: Swahili
Noun
1. the most widely spoken Bantu languages; the official language of Kenya and Tanzania and widely used as a lingua franca in east and central Africa
(hypernym) Bantu, Bantoid language
(class) kanzu
Swahili Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Swahili may refer to:
- Swahili language
- Swahili people
- Swahili culture
- Swahili Coast
- Swahili Wikipedia
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