Bantu and Arabic primarily make up the Swahili language.
The Swahili language or Kiswahili is a Bantu language spoken by various ethnic groups that inhabit several large stretches of the Mozambique Channel coastline from northern Kenya to northern Mozambique.
Swahili is mainly influenced by the Arabic culture due to historical trade interactions along the East African coast. Additionally, Swahili has elements of Bantu languages spoken in the region, as many Swahili words have Bantu origins.
Swahili can refer to a Bantu ethnic group in East Africa. It can also refer to the Bantu language that has become a lingua franca in the region.
Swahili is mainly a Bantu language, with significant influences from Arabic due to historical trading relationships along the East African coast.
Bantu and Arabic primarily make up the Swahili language.
The Swahili language or Kiswahili is a Bantu language spoken by various ethnic groups that inhabit several large stretches of the Mozambique Channel coastline from northern Kenya to northern Mozambique.
the Bantu
Swahili.
Not a word in Swahili. By its apearance it could be a word from another Bantu language.
Swahili is mainly influenced by the Arabic culture due to historical trade interactions along the East African coast. Additionally, Swahili has elements of Bantu languages spoken in the region, as many Swahili words have Bantu origins.
Swahili can refer to a Bantu ethnic group in East Africa. It can also refer to the Bantu language that has become a lingua franca in the region.
Swahili is mainly a Bantu language, with significant influences from Arabic due to historical trading relationships along the East African coast.
Swahili is a Bantu language, although it has many loan words of Oriental origin.
Swahili, a Bantu language, is one of the languages of the African Union. The Bantu peoples displaced the Khoisan peoples in much of southern Africa.
Swahili is a blend of Bantu and Arabic cultures. The Bantu influence is reflected in the language's grammar and vocabulary, while Arabic influence is seen in the language's vocabulary, due to historical trade interactions along the Swahili coast.
Swahili is a Bantu language that developed from Sabaki.Some words are derived from Arabic through more than 12 centuries of contact with Arabic-speaking people.Other languages that loaned words to Swahili are:PersianGermanPortugueseEnglishFrenchCLARIFICATION: Swahili is a Bantu language with a basic Bantu-type grammar and a vocabulary drawn from many Bantu languages. There is no language in East Africa called Sabaki. By far the greatest number of non-Bantu words in Swahili have Arabic origins, but in recent decades English has been catching up.