Swahili Language

Swahili also known as Kiswahili is a language spoken in Burundi, Comoros, Congo drc, Kenya, Madagascar, Mozambique, Rwanda, Somalia, Tanzania and Uganda by the Waswahili people.

Swahili language has approximately 100,000,000 native speakers.

A person who speaks Swahili is known as Mswahili(singular) and Waswahili(plural).

Swahili is an official language in Kenya and Tanzania.

The language has 3 dialects; Kiunguja (Spoken in Zanzibar and mailand Tanzania), Kimvita(Mombasa) and Kiamu(spoken in Lamu).

Swahili is the easiest African Language to learn. It is also straightforward to read as you read out Swahili words just the way they are written.

Dictionary of popular Swahili words

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This page was last updated on April 6, 2023