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- This article is about the language. For the East African people, see Swahili people.
The name Swahili comes from the plural of the Arabic word sahel ساحل: sawahil سواحل meaning "boundary" or "coast" (used as an adjective to mean "coastal dwellers" or, by extension, "coastal language"). Sahel is also the word used for the border zone of the Sahara. The incorporation of the final "i" is likely to be the nisba in Arabic (of the coast سواحلي), although some state it is for phonetic reasons.
Overview
Swahili is a national and official language in Tanzania, Kenya, and UgandaEncyclopedia Britannica. Uganda. It is also spoken in Rwanda, Burundi, Congo (DRC), Somalia, Comoros Islands (including Mayotte), Mozambique and Malawi. More on [ Swahili language ]
Swahili :: Niger Kordofanian
Kiswahili :: World
@satomi11th 'changa' the Swahili word?
kenyan_diva (Hellen Kelengwe) Fri, 01 Jan 2010 07:31:58 -0000
@satomi11th 'changa' the Swahili word?
LION KING THEME???? @acslater!!!!!! (via @thecultureofme) still not over it. Hate that I understand the Swahili.
wmarstonpierce (whitney pierce) Fri, 01 Jan 2010 07:31:12 -0000
LION KING THEME???? @acslater!!!!!! (via @thecultureofme) still not over it. Hate that I understand the Swahili.
Swahili? @SolamenteQ feliz año nuevo. desearle a usted ya suyo un gran 2010
070180 (nOva) Fri, 01 Jan 2010 07:03:08 -0000
Swahili? @SolamenteQ feliz año nuevo. desearle a usted ya suyo un gran 2010
Happy new year! Spent it with my brothers and sistas singing to the Almighty in Swahili, Arabic, and Spanish! http://twitpic.com/w6bli
mr_randerson (Ryan Anderson) Fri, 01 Jan 2010 06:34:06 -0000
Happy new year! Spent it with my brothers and sistas singing to the Almighty in Swahili, Arabic, and Spanish! http://twitpic.com/w6bli
@NotNessa find somebody that knows swahili and we can get to the bottom of it
fundamental10 (Fundamental) Fri, 01 Jan 2010 05:33:45 -0000
@NotNessa find somebody that knows swahili and we can get to the bottom of it
#HappyNewYear in Swahili : Heri Za Mwaka Mupyaº - http://wp.me/prgq7-OG ___,,,¸_ `[°o°]' _¸,,,___________________________
CyberManin (Manin ARCOS) Fri, 01 Jan 2010 05:30:57 -0000
#HappyNewYear in Swahili : Heri Za Mwaka Mupyaº - http://wp.me/prgq7-OG ___,,,¸_ `[°o°]' _¸,,,___________________________
Jifunze.com - Community-based Swahili learning portal. People with interests of learning this beautiful language get the opportunity to interact with fluent Swahili speakers.
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Online English to Swahili to English Dictionary - Java-powered Swahili language word search.
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Online Swahili - English Dictionary - Bidirectional word translation between Swahili and English.
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The Kamusi Project - Internet living Swahili dictionaries, both within Swahili and between Swahili and English as well as Swahili and Russian; print-based dictionaries and multi-media computer applications.
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