Swahili, also known by its local name Kiswahili, is a Bantu language originally spoken by the Swahili people, who are found primarily in Tanzania, Kenya...
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Look up Swahili or swahili in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Swahili may refer to: Swahili language, a Bantu language officially used in Kenya, Tanzania...
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The Swahili people (Swahili: WaSwahili, وَسوَحِيلِ) comprise mainly Bantu, Afro-Arab, and Comorian ethnic groups inhabiting the Swahili coast, an area...
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Congo Swahili, formerly sometimes known as Zaïre Swahili, are the varieties of the Swahili language spoken in the Democratic Republic of The Congo. Congo...
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Socotra Swahili is an extinct language that was spoken on Socotra Island in Yemen. It was reported to be spoken by a fifth of the island (c. 2,000 people)...
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The Swahili Ajami script refers to the alphabet derived from the Arabic script that is used for the writing of the Swahili language. Ajami is a name commonly...
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of Congo. Swahili people speak Swahili as their native language, which belongs to the Bantu language family. Graham Connah described Swahili culture as...
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The Swahili coast (Swahili: Pwani ya Waswahili) is a coastal area of East Africa, bordered by the Indian Ocean and inhabited by the Swahili people. It...
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Standard Swahili language arose during the colonial era as the homogenised version of the dominant dialects of the Swahili language. Standard Swahili enabled...
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There are many languages spoken in the country, none of which is spoken natively by a majority or a large plurality of the population. Swahili and English...
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English is also the language of business and judicial matters. Most spoken after Luganda and English is Swahili. This language is more common in neighbouring...
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same day in 1616) UN Swahili Language Day: 7 July (the date Julius Nyerere adopted the Swahili Language as a unifying language for independence struggles...
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The Swahili Wikipedia (Swahili: Wikipedia ya Kiswahili) is the Swahili language edition of Wikipedia. It is the largest edition of Wikipedia in a Niger–Congo...
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Comoros. Like Swahili, the Comorian languages are Sabaki languages, part of the Bantu language family. Each island has its own language, and the four...
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World Swahili Language Day (Swahili: Siku ya Kiswahili ya Umoja wa Mataifa) is observed annually on 7 July. This began when UNESCO declared 7 July as...
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official languages of Kenya, Swahili and English, are widely spoken as lingua francas; however, including second-language speakers, Swahili is more widely...
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Swahili literature is literature written in the Swahili language, particularly by Swahili people of the East African coast and the neighboring islands...
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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...
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Swahili is a Bantu language which is native to or mainly spoken in the East African region. It has a grammatical structure that is typical for Bantu languages...
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Lingua franca (redirect from Diplomatic language)
a bridge language, common language, trade language, auxiliary language, link language or language of wider communication (LWC), is a language systematically...
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of Bantu languages, are found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The most widely spoken Bantu language by number of speakers is Swahili, with 16...
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The Sabaki languages are the Bantu languages of the Swahili Coast, named for the Sabaki River. In addition to Swahili, Sabaki languages include Ilwana...
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Sidi is a Bantu language of Pakistan and India, related to Swahili. Most of the Sidi community today speaks a regional Indic language, mostly Gujarati...
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Africa began adopting the Swahili language and culture and founded settlements along the coast and islands. Below is a list of Swahili settlements founded between...
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Kilinux (redirect from Open Swahili Localization Project)
applications to the Swahili language. It is based in Tanzania and run on Linux, and aims to create an operating system in Swahili, which is spoken by...
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popularity of "Hakuna Matata" in East Africa, Swahili Nation had a big influence on the use of Swahili language in R&B and hip hop. Where are they now?[usurped]...
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(60%) with Swahili, it is not intelligible with it. It is spoken by around 167,150 people (including 147,150 who speak it as a first language and 20,000...
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Shirazi people (redirect from Swahili-Arabs)
Mozambique and Angoche, their influence in the development of the Swahili language, and their opulent wealth. The East African coastal area and the nearby...
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Dodoma Jiji FC (category CS1 Swahili-language sources (sw))
to the Tanzanian Premier League for the 2020–21 season. "Dodoma Jiji yaungana na Gwambina Ligi kuu". Mwanaspoti (in Swahili). Retrieved 12 July 2020....
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Namungo FC (category CS1 Swahili-language sources (sw))
at Majaliwa Stadium "Namungo FC yapania kufanya makubwa Ligi Kuu" (in Swahili). Lindi: Mwananchi Communications. 30 March 2021. Archived from the original...
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