swahili

Noun
  1. The most widely spoken Bantu languages;
    The official language of Kenya and Tanzania and widely used as a lingua franca in east and central Africa (synset 107008452)
    associated with:
    • kanzu - (Swahili) a long garment (usually white) with long sleeves; worn by men in East Africa
    • niger-kordofanian, niger-kordofanian language - the family of languages that includes most of the languages spoken in Africa south of the Sahara; the majority of them are tonal languages but there are important exceptions (e.g., Swahili or Fula)
    is a type of: bantoid language, bantu - a family of languages widely spoken in the southern half of the African continent

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