Swahili
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Swahili, also known as Kiswahili, is a Bantu language of the Atlantic–Congo language family, originally spoken by the Swahili people, who are found primarily in Tanzania, Kenya, and Mozambique. Estima
Although originally written with the Arabic script, Swahili is now written in a Latin alphabet introduced by Christian missionaries and colonial administrators. The text shown here is the Catholic version of the Lord's Prayer.
Swahili in Arabic script on the clothes of a girl in German East Africa (c. early 1900s)
Loxodonta africana elephants frolic in Amboseli National Park, Kenya, 2012.
Swahili people
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The Swahili people comprise mainly Bantu, Afro-Arab, and Comorian ethnic groups inhabiting the Swahili coast, an area encompassing the East African coast across southern Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, and
Swahili
…Swahili, also known as Kiswahili, is a Bantu language of the Atlantic–Congo language family, originally spoken by the Swahili people, who are found primarily in Tanzania, Kenya, and Mozambique (along the East African coast and adjacent littoral islands). Estimates of the number of…
Swahili women in gala dress, late 1800s
Swahili Arabic script on a one-pysar coin from Zanzibar, c. 1299 AH (1882 CE)
Swahili Arabic script on a carved wooden doorway at Lamu in Kenya
Swahili Arabic script on wooden door in Fort Jesus, Mombasa, Kenya