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Swahili
[ swah-hee-lee ]
noun
- a member of a Bantu people of Zanzibar and the neighboring coast of Africa.
- Also °¾±Â·²õ·É²¹Â·³ó¾±Â·±ô¾± or °ì¾±-³§·É²¹Â·³ó¾±Â·±ô¾± []. the Bantu language of the Swahili people, used also as a lingua franca in Tanzania, Kenya, and parts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Swahili
/ ²õ·ÉÉ‘Ëˈ³ó¾±Ë±ôɪ /
noun
- Also calledKiswahili a language of E Africa that is an official language of Kenya and Tanzania and is widely used as a lingua franca throughout E and central Africa. It is a member of the Bantu group of the Niger-Congo family, originally spoken in Zanzibar, and has a large number of loan words taken from Arabic and other languages
- Also calledMswahiliWaswahili -lis-li a member of a people speaking this language, living chiefly in Zanzibar
adjective
- of or relating to the Swahilis or their language
Derived Forms
- ³§·É²¹Ëˆ³ó¾±±ô¾±²¹²Ô, adjective
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ³§·É²¹Â·³ó¾±Â·±ô¾±Â·²¹²Ô adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of Swahili1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of Swahili1
Example Sentences
The CIA recruited Slotkin, who is fluent in Arabic and Swahili, shortly after she earned a graduate degree in international affairs at Columbia University in New York City.
Before crossing over to Uganda, the four men switched from speaking Swahili and started talking in the Ugandan languages, Luganda and Runyankole.
But following massive opposition to the tax hikes imposed by his government, the 57-year-old gained a new nickname: "Zakayo" - which is Swahili for Zacchaeus, the wealthy and unpopular Jericho tax collector featured in the Bible.
Jenkins played baritone ukulele, harmonica, hummed and used bird calls in her work while pulling influences from Spanish, Chinese, Hebrew, Korean, Swahili and other languages.
She is the head of Usikimye - Swahili for "don't be silent".
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