- swahili language
- n. Bantu language of the Swahili people (official language of Kenya and Tanzania and commonly spoken in east and central Africa)
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
swahili language
Look at other dictionaries:
Swahili language — For other uses, see Swahili (disambiguation). Swahili Language Kiswahili, اللغة السواحلية Spoken in Burundi … Wikipedia
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… … Universalium
Swahili (Sprache) — Swahili Kiswahili Gesprochen in Tansania, Kenia, Demokratische Republik Kongo, Uganda, Burundi, Ruanda, Malawi, Mosambik, Sambia, Komoren, Mayotte, Somalia Sprecher Gesamt: mehr als 8 … Deutsch Wikipedia
Swahili literature — is, generally speaking, literature written in the Swahili language particularly by Swahili people of the East African coast and the neighboring islands. It may also refer to literature written by people who write in Swahili language. It is an… … Wikipedia
Swahili literature — Swahili also called kiSwahili , or Kiswahili that body of creative writing done in Swahili, a Bantu language of Africa. The earliest preserved Swahili writing, from the early 18th century, is written in Arabic script, and subsequent… … Universalium
Swahili Nation — was a Sweden based Swahili language R B and Hip hop music group. The group was started in the 1990s by Kenyan brothers Andrew Muturi and Robert Muturi and the Tanzanian Cool James. In 1992, after Cool James went solo, the group was joined by the… … Wikipedia
Swahili people — ethnic group group=Swahili Waswahili poptime=1,328,000 popplace=Dar Es Salaam (Tanzania), Kenya, Mozambique, Uganda, Comoros rels=Islam langs=Swahili, Portuguese, English, French related=Kikuyu, Makonde, Shirazi… … Wikipedia
language — /lang gwij/, n. 1. a body of words and the systems for their use common to a people who are of the same community or nation, the same geographical area, or the same cultural tradition: the two languages of Belgium; a Bantu language; the French… … Universalium
Swahili Wikipedia — Infobox website name = Swahili Wikipedia caption = url = http://sw.wikipedia.org/ commercial = No location = Miami, Florida type = Internet encyclopedia project language = Swahili registration = Optional owner = Wikimedia Foundation author =… … Wikipedia
Language planning — This article is about the field of language planning and policy. See Constructed language for details on the creation of planned or artificial languages. Language planning is a deliberate effort to influence the function, structure, or… … Wikipedia
