Concept information
Preferred term
Type
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language
Definition
- Swahili or Kiswahili (known in Swahili itself as Kiswahili) is a Bantu language spoken by various ethnic groups that inhabit several large stretches of the Mozambique Channel coastline from northern Kenya to northern Mozambique, including the Comoro Islands. It is also spoken by ethnic minority groups in Somalia. Although only five million people speak Swahili as their mother tongue, it is used as a lingua franca in much of East Africa, meaning the total number of speakers exceeds 60 million. Swahili serves as a national, or official language, of five nations: Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, the Comoros and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Entry terms
- Swahili language
- Swahili (macrolanguage)
is focus of
ISO 639-2 Bibliographical code
- swa
ISO 639-2 Terminological code
- swa
ISO 639-1 code
- sw
ISO 639-3 code
- swa
In other languages
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Swahili
Afrikaans
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ስዋሂሊ
Amharic
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لغة سواحلية
Arabic
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Idioma swahili
Aragonese
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Suaḥili
Asturian
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Suahili
Azerbaijani
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সোয়াহিলি ভাষা
Bangla
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Swahili
Basque
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Swahili
Bavarian
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Суахілі
Belarusian
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Суахілі
Belarusian (TARASK)
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Svahili jezik
Bosnian
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Swahileg
Breton
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Суахили
Bulgarian
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Suahili
Catalan
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斯瓦希里语
Chinese
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Суахили чĕлхи
Chuvash
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Svahili
Croatian
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Svahilština
Czech
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Swahili
Danish
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Swahili
Dutch
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سواحيلى
Egyptian Arabic
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Svahila lingvo
Esperanto
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Suahiili keel
Estonian
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Swahili bhasa
Fiji Hindi
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Finnish
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swahili
French
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Swahili
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Lingua suahili
Galician
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სუაჰილი ენა
Georgian
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Swahili
German
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Σουαχίλι γλώσσα
Greek
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סווהילי
Hebrew
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स्वाहिली भाषा
Hindi
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Szuahéli nyelv
Hungarian
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Svahílí
Icelandic
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Swahili-linguo
Ido
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Bahasa Swahili
Indonesian
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ᑭᓱᐊᐦᐃᓪᐃ
Inuktitut
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An Svahaílis
Irish
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Lingua swahili
Italian
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スワヒリ語
Japanese
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Basa Swahili
Javanese
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Суахили
Kabardian
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Swahilimiutut
Kalaallisut
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ಸ್ವಾಹಿಲಿ ಭಾಷೆ
Kannada
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Igiswahili
Kinyarwanda
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Kiswahili
Kongo
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스와힐리어
Korean
-
Zimanê swahîlî
Kurdish
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Lingua swahili
Ladino
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Lingua Suahili
Latin
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Svahili
Latvian
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Lengua swaïli
Ligurian
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Swahili
Limburgish
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Kiswahíli
Lingala
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Svahilių kalba
Lithuanian
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Swahili
Low German
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Свахили
Macedonian
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Fiteny soahily
Malagasy
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Bahasa Swahili
Malay
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സ്വാഹിലി ഭാഷ
Malayalam
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Swahilish
Manx
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Reo Swahili
Maori
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स्वाहिली भाषा
Marathi
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स्वाहिली भाषा
Newari
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Seswahili
Northern Sotho
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Swahili
Norwegian
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Swahili
Norwegian Nynorsk
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Swahilum
Novial
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Swahili
Occitan
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Swahili
Oromo
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Суахили
Ossetic
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زبان سواحلی
Persian
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Lenga swahili
Piedmontese
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Suahili
Polish
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Língua suaíli
Portuguese
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ਸਵਾਹਿਲੀ
Punjabi
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Swahili simi
Quechua
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Limba swahili
Romanian
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Суахили
Russian
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Суаhили
Sakha
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Swauheely leid
Scots
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Свахили
Serbian
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Svahili
Serbo-Croatian
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Kiswahili
Sicilian
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Swahilčina
Slovak
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Svahili
Slovenian
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Sawaaxili
Somali
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Idioma suajili
Spanish
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Kiswahili
Swahili
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Swedish
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Swahili
Swiss German (France)
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Забони своҳилӣ
Tajik
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சுவாகிலி மொழி
Tamil
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ภาษาสวาฮีลี
Thai
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Svahili
Turkish
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Суахілі
Ukrainian
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Swahilšćina
Upper Sorbian
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سۋاھىلىچە
Uyghur
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Łéngoa swahili
Venetian
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Tiếng Swahili
Vietnamese
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Suwahili
Walloon
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Swinahili
Waray
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Swahili
Welsh
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Kiswahili
Wolof
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Èdè Swàhílì
Yoruba
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Vah Swahili
Zhuang