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Swahili is a Bantu language that serves as an alternative first language to various groups traditionally inhabiting about 1,500 miles of the Southeast African coast. About 35% of the Swahili vocabulary derives from the Arabic language, gained through more than twelve centuries of contact with Arabic-speaking traders. It also has incorporated German, Portuguese, English and French words into its vocabulary through contact during the last five centuries. Swahili has become a second language spoken by tens of millions in three countries, Tanzania, Kenya, and Congo (DRC), where it is an official or national language. The neighboring nation of Uganda made Swahili a required<i>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/index.html?curid=28450 ..... full article at Wikipedia]</i></td></tr> | Swahili is a Bantu language that serves as an alternative first language to various groups traditionally inhabiting about 1,500 miles of the Southeast African coast. About 35% of the Swahili vocabulary derives from the Arabic language, gained through more than twelve centuries of contact with Arabic-speaking traders. It also has incorporated German, Portuguese, English and French words into its vocabulary through contact during the last five centuries. Swahili has become a second language spoken by tens of millions in three countries, Tanzania, Kenya, and Congo (DRC), where it is an official or national language. The neighboring nation of Uganda made Swahili a required<i>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/index.html?curid=28450 ..... full article at Wikipedia]</i></td></tr> | ||
<tr><td><h2>Location of Swahili Language Speakers</h2> | <tr><td><h2>Location of Swahili Language Speakers</h2> | ||
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<tr><td><h2>Rosetta Document Collection</h2> | <tr><td><h2>Rosetta Document Collection</h2> |
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