English
Noun
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#Swahili, an agglutinative Bantu language widely spoken in East Africa.
Synonyms
Swahili
Translations
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Bulgarian: ��а�или (swakhili)
Chinese: æ�¯ç�¦å¸�å�©è¯ (SÄ«wÇ�xÄ«lì yÇ�)
Dutch: Swahili#Dutch|Swahili
Japanese: ����� (suwahiri-go)
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Swahili: Kiswahili#Swahili|Kiswahili
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External links
ethnologue|code=swh
Category:Languages
Swahili
Etymology
From the w:Arabic language|Arabic word (sahel) in its plural form, (sawahil) (adj. coastal dwellers). The ki- prefix is the language noun class of the Kiswahili language. The -i suffix is said by some to be Arabic's nisba, but by others to be for phonetic reasons.
Noun
Kiswahili
- an agglutinative Bantu language widely spoken in East Africa
External links
w:Swahili|Wikipedia article on Kiswahili
Swahili - English Dictionary: from Webster's Dictionary - the Rosetta Edition.
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