swahili

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Noun

TANDA HUBUNG

Swa=hi=li

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun swahili has 1 sense

swahili(n = noun.communication) Array - 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; Array

OXFORD DICTIONARY

swahili, n. (pl. same)
1 a member of a Bantu people of Zanzibar and adjacent coasts.
2 their language, used widely as a lingua franca in E. Africa.

Etymology

Arab. sawahil pl. of sahil coast