Kiswahili

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Swahili Kiswahili.

Proper noun

Kiswahili

  1. Swahili, an agglutinative Bantu language widely spoken in East Africa.
    • 2010, Parliament of Kenya, “Chapter 2, Article 7(1)”, in Constitution of Kenya, 2010, page 14:
      The national language of the Republic is Kiswahili.

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Swahili

Swahili Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

From ki- +‎ Arabic سَوَاحِل (sawāḥil, “coastal dwellers”), plural of سَاحِل (sāḥil, “boundary, coast”).

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

Kiswahili (ki-vi class, no plural)

  1. Swahili language
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