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    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 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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  • The Swahili people (Swahili: WaSwahili, وَسوَحِيلِ) comprise mainly Bantu, Afro-Arab and Comorian ethnic groups inhabiting the Swahili coast, an area encompassing...
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  • Swahili Ajami script refers to the alphabet derived from Arabic script that is used for the writing of Swahili language. Ajami is a name commonly given...
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    Swahili culture is the culture of the Swahili people inhabiting the Swahili coast. This littoral area encompasses Tanzania, Kenya, and Mozambique, as...
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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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    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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  • 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 architecture is a term used to designate a whole range of diverse building traditions practiced or once practiced along the eastern and southeastern...
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    Kenya (category Articles containing Swahili (macrolanguage)-language text)
    Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya (Swahili: Jamhuri ya Kenya), is a country in East Africa. With a population of more than 47.6 million in the 2019...
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  • Hello: Swahili Alphabet Book is a 1974 picture book written by Muriel Feelings and illustrated by Tom Feelings. It is an abecedarium of Swahili terms for...
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  • languages of Kenya, Swahili and English are widely spoken as lingua francas; however, including second-language speakers, Swahili is more widely spoken...
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  • Shirazi people (redirect from Swahili-Arabs)
    Shirazi also known as Mbwera, are a Bantu ethnic group inhabiting the Swahili coast and the nearby Indian ocean islands. They are particularly concentrated...
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    Zanzibar (category Articles containing Swahili (macrolanguage)-language text)
    the general development of Swahili and Zanzibari architecture before the 15th century.: 119  From the 9th century, Swahili merchants on Zanzibar operated...
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  • Settla (Kisetla), or Settler Swahili, is a Swahili pidgin mainly spoken in large European settlements in Kenya and Zambia. It was used mainly by native...
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    spoken natively by a majority or a large plurality of the population. Swahili and English, the latter of which was inherited from colonial rule (see...
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  • Swahili Blonde is an experimental musical project formed in Los Angeles, California in 2009. Founded by former WEAVE! drummer and vocalist Nicole Turley...
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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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    Tanzania (category Pages with Swahili IPA)
    not have a de jure official language, although the national language is Swahili. English is used in foreign trade, in diplomacy, in higher courts, and...
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  • Swahili Nation were Swedish R&B hip hop group. The group was started in the 1990s by Kenyan brothers Andrew Muturi and Robert Muturi and the Tanzanian...
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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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  • A Swahili door or Zanzibari door (Swahili Mlango wa Kiswahili) is a door that was developed in the Swahili coast during the Middle Ages and peaked in the...
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    Venda and bhandu in Nyakyusa. Swahili, also known by its local name Kiswahili, is a Bantu language spoken by the Swahili people, who are found primarily...
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    spoken after Luganda and English is Swahili. This language is more common in neighbouring Kenya and Tanzania. Swahili is taught in schools as an optional...
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    number of speakers is Swahili, with 16 million native speakers and 80 million L2 speakers (2015). Most native speakers of Swahili live in Tanzania, where...
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    Full Montezuma – Around Central America with the girl next door (2001) Swahili for the Broken-Hearted – Cape Town to Cairo by any means possible (2003)...
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    Arab war was a colonial war fought between the Congo Free State and Arab-Swahili warlords associated with the Arab slave trade in the eastern regions of...
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  • UN Swahili Language Day (Swahili: Siku ya Kiswahili ya Umoja wa Mataifa) is observed annually on 7 July. This began when the United Nations declared 7...
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  • Hakuna matata (category Swahili words and phrases)
    "Hakuna matata" is a Swahili phrase, meaning "no trouble" or "no worries" and "take it easy" (literally hakuna: "there is no/there are no"; matata: "worries")...
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