Swahili

1. A Bantu language of the coast and islands of eastern Africa from Somalia to Mozambique. It is an official language of Tanzania and is widely used as a lingua franca in eastern and east-central Africa. Also called Kiswahili.
2. An inhabitant of coastal eastern Africa for whom Swahili is the mother tongue.

[Swahili, from Arabic sawāḥilī, of the coasts, from sawāḥil, pl. of sāḥil, coast.]

The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #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

Dansk (Danish)
n. - Swahili
adj. - swahili

Nederlands (Dutch)
Swahili

Français (French)
n. - Swahili
adj. - swahili

Deutsch (German)
n. - Swahili
adj. - Swahili-

Ελληνική (Greek)
n., -
adj. - σουαχίλι

Italiano (Italian)
swahili

Português (Portuguese)
n. - suaili (m)
adj. - suaili

Русский (Russian)
суахили, язык суахили

Español (Spanish)
n. - suajili, lengua oficial de Kenia y Tanzania, miembro del pueblo Bantú de Zanzíbar, relacionado al suajili o a su lengua
adj. - suajili

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - swahili, swahilispråket
adj. - swahiliska

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
斯瓦希利人, 斯瓦希利语, 斯瓦希利人的, 斯瓦希利的, 斯瓦希利语的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 斯華西里人, 斯華西里語
adj. - 斯瓦希利人的, 斯瓦希利的, 斯瓦希利語的

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 스와힐리 사람, 스와힐리 말
adj. - 스와힐리의, 스와힐리 말의

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - スワヒリ人, スワヒリ語

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) اللغه السواحيليه أو الشخص أو الشعب السواحيلي (صفه) سواحيلي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮סוואהילית (שפה), אדם משבטי הבנטו במזרח אפריקה‬
adj. - ‮של דוברי הסוואהילית או לשונם‬

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