Kiswahili
See also: kiswahili
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Kiswahili
- Swahili, an agglutinative Bantu language widely spoken in East Africa.
Synonyms[edit]
Translations[edit]
Swahili — see Swahili
Further reading[edit]
Swahili[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From ki- + the Arabic adjective سَوَاحِل (sawāḥil, “coastal dwellers”), plural of سَاحِل (sāḥil, “boundary, coast”).
Noun[edit]
Kiswahili (ki-vi class, no plural)
- Swahili language