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Swahili
Kiswahili
Native toBurundi, DR Congo, Kenya, Mayotte (mostly Comorian), Mozambique (mostly Mwani), Oman, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
Native speakers26 million  (2007)
120 million L2 speakers
Language family
Writing systemLatin, Arabic
Official status
Official language in African Union
 Tanzania
 Kenya
 Uganda
 Comoros (as Comorian)
Regulated byBaraza la Kiswahili la Taifa (Tanzania)
Language codes
ISO 639-1sw
ISO 639-2swa
ISO 639-3swainclusive code
Individual codes:
swc – Congo Swahili
swh – Coastal Swahili
Guthrie codeG.42–43;
G.40.A–H (pidgins & creoles)
Linguasphere99-AUS-m
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Areas where Swahili is spoken

The Swahili language is a language widely spoken in East Africa. In the language, its name is Kiswahili. It is a Bantu language.

Swahili is spoken in a wide area from southern Somalia to northern Mozambique and in all of Kenya, Tanzania and Burundi. Congo has five million first-language speakers and fifty million second-language speakers. Swahili has become a language with which people communicate within East Africa and the surrounding areas.

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