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SWAHILI
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Swahili" is a kind of...):
Bantoid language; Bantu (a family of languages widely spoken in the southern half of the African continent)
Domain member category:
kanzu ((Swahili) a long garment (usually white) with long sleeves; worn by men in East Africa)
Niger-Kordofanian; Niger-Kordofanian language (the family of languages that includes most of the languages spoken in Africa south of the Sahara; the majority of them are tonal languages but there are important exceptions (e.g., Swahili or Fula))
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