Swahili

Meaning

Noun

• An agglutinative language of the Bantu branch widely spoken in East Africa. Born in its modern form from the hybridization of the Arabic and Bantu cultures, it was the language of the traders in East Africa, and spread along the routes of trade.

Related

Similar words

• KiSwahili, Kiswahili

Origin

• From Swahili swahili, from Arabic سَوَاحِلِيّ ("(people) of the coasts"), from سَوَاحِل, plural of سَاحِل.