Concept information
Preferred term
Swahili
Definition
- Swahili (more properly Kiswahili) is in the Bantu family of languages that dominate most of sub-Saharan Africa. It is used as a first language by about five million people along the East African coast from Mozambique and the Comoro Islands to Somalia. [Source: Encyclopedia of Anthropology; Swahili]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Swahili
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