Swahili (individual language)

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The Swahili language, or Kiswahili, is a Bantu language spoken by various ethnic groups that inhabit several large stretches of the Mozambique Channel coastline from northern Kenya to northern Mozambique. Closely related languages, sometimes considered dialects, are spoken in the Comoros Islands and Somalia. Although only five million or so people speak Swahili as their mother tongue, it is used as a lingua franca in much of East Africa, and the total number of speakers exceeds 140 million. Swahili serves as a national, or official language, of four nations: Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Some Swahili vocabulary is derived from Arabic through more than twelve centuries of contact with Arabic-speaking inhabitants of the coast of southeastern Africa. It has also incorporated Persian, German, Portuguese, English, and French words into its vocabulary through contact during the past five centuries.
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[af] Swahili
[am] ስዋሂሊኛ
[ar] السواحلية
[az] suahilicə
[be] суахілі
[bn] সোয়াহিলি
[bs] svahili
[br] swahili
[bg] суахили
[ca] suahili
[cs] svahilština
[cy] Swahili
[da] swahili
[de] Suaheli
[dz] སྭཱ་ཧི་ལི་ཁ
[el] Σουαχίλι
[en] Kibajuni dialect
[eo] svahila
[et] suahiili
[eu] swahili
[ee] swahili
[fo] swahili
[fa] سواحلی
[fi] swahili
[fr] swahili
[gd] Swahili
[ga] Svahaílis
[gl] swahili
[gu] સ્વાહિલી
[ha] Harshen Suwahili
[he] סווהילית
[hi] स्वाहिली
[hr] svahili
[hu] szuahéli
[hy] Սուահիլի
[ia] swahili
[id] Swahili
[is] svahílí
[it] swahili
[ja] スワヒリ語
[kl] swahilimiutut
[kn] ಸ್ವಹಿಲಿ
[ks] سواہِلی
[ka] სუაჰილი
[kk] суахили
[km] ស្វាហ៊ីលី
[rw] Igiswahili
[ky] суахиличе
[ko] 스와힐리어
[lo] ຊວາຮີລີ
[lv] svahili
[ln] kiswahíli
[lt] svahilių
[ml] സ്വാഹിലി
[mr] स्वाहिली
[mk] свахили
[mt] Swaħili
[ne] स्वाहिली
[nl] Swahili
[nn] swahili
[nb] swahili
[or] ସ୍ୱାହିଲ୍
[om] Suwahilii
[pl] suahili
[pt] suaili
[ps] سواهېلي
[rm] suahili
[ro] swahili
[ru] суахили
[si] ටර්ක්මෙන්
[sk] swahilčina
[sl] svahili
[so] Af-Bajuuni
[st] Se-swahili
[es] swahili
[sq] Suahilisht
[sr] Свахили
[sv] swahili
[ta] சுவாஹிலி
[te] స్వాహిలి
[th] สวาฮีลี
[ti] ሰዋሂሊኛ
[to] lea suahile
[tn] Swahili
[tr] Svahili
[uk] суахілі
[ur] سواحلی
[vi] Tiếng Swahili
[xh] Isi-Swahili
[yo] Èdè Swahili
[zu] isiSwahili

Language type : Living

Official language : Tanzania,

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ISO 639-3 : swh

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