Swahili

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

Name

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.

Noun

A member of various ethnic groups — mainly Bantu, Afro-Arab and Comorian — inhabiting the Swahili coast.

Έννοιες

σουαχίλι

Σουαχίλι

Συνώνυμα

Kiswahili

Arabic

Swahili language

Μεταφράσεις

swahili

Suaheli

Swahili

suajili

swahili

suaíli

Swahili

swahili

السواحلية

suaíle

suahili

سواحلية

suajelí

Savahilice

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/swəˈhiːli/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

Borrowed from Swahili swahili, from Arabic سَوَاحِلِيّ (sawāḥiliyy, “(people) of the coasts”), from سَوَاحِل (sawāḥil, “coasts”), broken plural of سَاحِل (sāḥil, “coast”).