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Swahili

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Swahili /swəˈhiːli, swɑː-/

▶noun (pl. same)

1 a Bantu language widely used as a lingua franca in East Africa.

2 a member of a people of Zanzibar and nearby coastal regions.

– origin from Arab. sawāḥil, pl. of sāḥil ‘coast’.

'Swahili' also found in these Oxford entries:

Bantu - Kiswahili - kitchen

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