swahili

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Definition von swahili im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

An agglutinative language widely spoken in East Africa. Born of the hybridization of the Arabic and Bantu cultures, it was the language of the traders in East Africa, and spread along the routes of trade

{i} Bantu language of the Swahili people (official language of Kenya and Tanzania and commonly spoken in east and central Africa), Kiswahili

{i} member of a Bantu people who inhabit the east coasts and islands of eastern and southern Africa

the most widely spoken Bantu languages; the official language of Kenya and Tanzania and widely used as a lingua franca in east and central Africa

adjective, of the Swahili people or region

The official language of Tanzania and Kenya; also widely spoken as a second language in east-central Africa It is one of the two most spoken African languages with about 10 million speakers

Swahili, an ethnic group

Relevante Übersetzungen

Swahili language

Bantu language spoken in Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, and Congo (Kinshasa). It is spoken as a first language by more than 2 million people and as a second language by some 60 million. Standard Swahili is based on the Unguja (kiUnguja) dialect of Zanzibar, which was spread far inland in the 19th century by entrepreneurs seeking ivory and slaves. Its use was perpetuated by the European colonial governments that occupied East Africa toward the end of the century. Modern Swahili is usually written in the Latin alphabet, though Swahili literature in Arabic script dates to the early 18th century. Among Bantu languages, Swahili is remarkable for the number of loanwords it has absorbed, especially from Arabic

swahili language

{i} Bantu language of the Swahili people (official language of Kenya and Tanzania and commonly spoken in east and central Africa)

Silbentrennung

Swa·hi·li

Türkische aussprache

swähili

Synonyme

kiswahili

Aussprache

/swäˈhēlē/ /swɑːˈhiːliː/

Etymologie

() From Swahili swahili, from plural of Arabic ساحل (sāHil, “coast”).