swahili has definitions from the field of linguistics
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[ noun ] (linguistics) 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

Used in print

(Philip Jos‚ Farmer, The Lovers....)

His mind turned the globe swiftly for him , and he visualized Africa , which used Swahili south of the Sahara_Sea .

Related terms

Bantu Niger-Kordofanian kanzu

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