
The Swahili language (a.k.a. Kiswahili) is a Bantu language spoken by various ethnic groups inhabiting several large stretches, totaling about 1,500 miles, of the Southeast African coastline. In these regions, Swahili serves as an alternative first language to various groups from southern Somalia to northern Mozambique, including the Comoros Islands. About 35% of the Swahili vocabulary derives from the Arabic language thanks to more than twelve centuries of contact with Arabic-speaking traders, ...
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