Swahili language

The Swahili language is a language widely spoken in East Africa. In the language, its name is . It is a Bantu language.

Swahili is spoken in a wide area from southern Somalia to northern Mozambique and in all of Kenya, Tanzania and Burundi. Congo has five million first-language speakers and fifty million second-language speakers. Swahili has become a language with which people communicate within East Africa and the surrounding areas.

Swahili was first spoken by the Swahili people, who live on the coast of East Africa and on the islands near the coast, including Zanzibar, which is now a part of Tanzania.

Swahili is an official language in Tanzania and Kenya. It has been influenced by many other languages like Arabic.

 Sample words 

 city - 
 country - 
 earth - 
 no - 
 okay - 
 water - 
 yes - 
 me - 

References

 Other websites 

 Kamusi Project  Internet Living Swahili Dictionary

Category:Bantu languages
Category:Burundi
Category:Languages of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Category:Languages of Kenya
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