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IsiSwahili, esibuye saziwa ngegama laso lesiSwahili, siwulimi lwesiBantu kanye nolimi lwendabuko lwabantu baseSwahili. Ingolunye lwezilimi ezimbili ezisemthethweni (olunye kuyisiNgisi) zamazwe ase-East African Community (EAC), okuyiBurundi, iKenya, iRwanda, iSouth Sudan, iTanzania ne-Uganda. Kuwulimi olusetshenziswa kwezinye izindawo esifundeni sase-Afrika e-Great Lakes naseMpumalanga naseNingizimu Afrika, okuhlanganisa izingxenye ezithile zeDemocratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Malawi, Mozambique, Somalia, kanye neZambia. IsiSwahili siphinde sibe ngolunye lwezilimi ezisetshenziswa yiNhlangano Yamazwe ase-Afrika kanye ne-Southern African Development Community. Inani eliqondile labakhuluma isiSwahili, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi abakhuluma ulimi lwesibili, lilinganiselwa phakathi kwezigidi ezingu-50 kuya kwezingu-150.

Amaphesenti ayishumi nesithupha kuya kwamashumi amabili wesilulumagama sesiSwahili amagama emali ebolekwayo esi-Arabhu, okuhlanganisa negama elithi swahili, elisuka ku-Arabic sawāḥilī. Amagama emalimboleko yesi-Arabhu asukela ekuxhumaneni nabahwebi base-Arabia nabantu baseBantu abahlala ogwini olusempumalanga ye-Afrika emakhulwini amaningi eminyaka, okwakuphinde kube yilapho isiSwahili sivela njengolimi olusetshenziswayo.

Ngo-2018, iNingizimu Afrika yagunyaza ukufundiswa kwesiSwahili ezikoleni njengesifundo ongasikhetha esizoqala ngo-2020. IBotswana yalandela ngo-2020, futhi iNamibia ihlela ukwethula nolimi. IsiShikomor (noma isiComorian), ulimi olusemthethweni eComoros futhi olukhulunywa ngesiMayotte (Shimaore), sihlobene eduze nesiSwahili futhi ngezinye izikhathi sibhekwa njengolimi lwesiSwahili, nakuba ezinye iziphathimandla zisibheka njengolimi oluhlukile.

Category:Izilimi zase-Afrika
Category:Izilimi