Swahili coast

Ụsọ oké osimiri Swahili (Arabic) bụ mpaghara dị n'ụsọ oké osimiri India n'Ebe Ọwụwa Anyanwụ Afrịka nke ndị Swahili bi. Ọ gụnyere Dar es Salaam; Sofala (nke dị na Mozambique); Mombasa, Gede, Pate Island, Lamu, na Malindi (na Kenya); na Kilwa (na Tanzania).Kemezis, K., 2010. East African City States (1000-1500).  Blackpast.org. Available at: <https://www.blackpast.org/global-african-history/east-african-city-states/> [Accessed 23 April 2020]. Na mgbakwunye, ọtụtụ agwaetiti ndị dị n'ụsọ oké osimiri gụnyere n'ụsoro osimiri Swahili dị ka Zanzibar na Comoros.

Ebe ndị a na-ewere taa n'ụsọ oké osimiri Swahili bụ ndị a maara n'akụkọ ihe mere eme dị ka Azania ma ọ bụ Zingion n'oge Greco-Roman, yana dịka Zanj ma ọ bụ Zinj na Middle Eastern, India, na akwụkwọ Chinese malite na narị afọ nke asaa ruo na 14th. Okwu "Swahili" pụtara ndị mmadụ n'ụsọ oké osimiri na Arabic ma sitere na okwu sawahil ("ụsọ osimiri").