Swahili language

E2738

Swahili is a major Bantu language widely spoken in East and Central Africa, serving as a regional lingua franca and an official language in several countries including Tanzania and Kenya.

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AI-generated illustration of Swahili language

This AI-generated illustration was produced by black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev (1024x1024) from a prompt written by openai/gpt-oss-120b from the entity's label + description.

Prompt

Generate an image of Swahili language (Swahili is a major Bantu language widely spoken in East and Central Africa, serving as a regional lingua franca and an official language in several countries including Tanzania and Kenya.)

All labels observed (28)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language ⓘ
lingua franca ⓘ
natural language ⓘ
developedAs trade language ⓘ
dominantWordOrder subject-verb-object ⓘ
family Niger-Congo languages ⓘ
glottologCode swah1253 ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Kiswahili ⓘ
linked to: Swahili language
hasEstimatedSpeakers over 15 million native speakers ⓘ
over 80 million total speakers ⓘ
hasMajorDialect Kiamu ⓘ
linked to: Kiunguja

Kimvita ⓘ
Kiunguja ⓘ
hasNounClassSystem true ⓘ
historicallyWrittenIn Arabic script ⓘ
iso639-1Code sw ⓘ
iso639-2Code swa ⓘ
iso639-3Code swh ⓘ
lexicalInfluenceFrom Arabic language ⓘ
linked to: Arabic

English language ⓘ
German language ⓘ
linked to: German

Portuguese language ⓘ
macrolanguage Swahili macrolanguage ⓘ
linked to: Swahili language
nativeName Kiswahili ⓘ
linked to: Swahili language
officialLanguageOf African Union ⓘ
Burundi ⓘ
Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
East African Community ⓘ
Kenya ⓘ
Rwanda ⓘ
Tanzania ⓘ
Uganda ⓘ
originRegion East African coast ⓘ
linked to: East Africa
primaryRegion Central Africa ⓘ
East Africa ⓘ
spokenIn Burundi ⓘ
Comoros ⓘ
Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
Kenya ⓘ
Mozambique ⓘ
Oman ⓘ
Rwanda ⓘ
Somalia ⓘ
Tanzania ⓘ
Uganda ⓘ
standardBasedOn Zanzibar dialect (Kiunguja) ⓘ
linked to: Swahili language
subfamily Bantu languages ⓘ
usedAsMediumOfInstructionIn Tanzania (primary education) ⓘ
usedIn broadcast media in East Africa ⓘ
popular music in East Africa ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (794)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Latin alphabet → writingSystemFor → Swahili language ⓘ
Arabic → influencedLanguage → Swahili ⓘ
linked to: Swahili language
Swahili language → hasAlternativeName → Kiswahili ⓘ
linked to: Swahili language
Swahili language → nativeName → Kiswahili ⓘ
linked to: Swahili language
Swahili language → macrolanguage → Swahili macrolanguage ⓘ
linked to: Swahili language
Swahili language → standardBasedOn → Zanzibar dialect (Kiunguja) ⓘ
linked to: Swahili language
African Union → hasOfficialLanguage → Swahili ⓘ
linked to: Swahili language
Kigoma Region → officialLanguage → Swahili ⓘ
linked to: Swahili language
Nairobi → officialLanguage → Swahili ⓘ
linked to: Swahili language
East African Community → officialLanguage → Swahili ⓘ
subject linked to: EAC
linked to: Swahili language
Southern African Development Community → officialLanguage → Swahili ⓘ
linked to: Swahili language
Niger–Congo languages → includesLanguage → Swahili ⓘ
linked to: Swahili language
Democratic Republic of the Congo → recognizedNationalLanguage → Swahili ⓘ
linked to: Swahili language
Uganda → officialLanguage → Swahili ⓘ
linked to: Swahili language
Uganda → nationalLanguage → Swahili ⓘ
linked to: Swahili language
Friends World Committee for Consultation → hasOfficialLanguage → Swahili ⓘ
linked to: Swahili language
Google Translate → availableLanguage → Swahili ⓘ
linked to: Swahili language
Islamic world → hasLanguage → Swahili ⓘ
linked to: Swahili language
Kenya → officialLanguage → Swahili ⓘ
linked to: Swahili language
Kenya → nationalLanguage → Swahili ⓘ
linked to: Swahili language
Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue → hasOfficialLanguage → Swahili ⓘ
linked to: Swahili language
Samuel → hasLanguageForm → Swahili ⓘ
linked to: Swahili language
East African Community → officialLanguage → Swahili ⓘ
linked to: Swahili language
Tanzania → officialLanguage → Swahili ⓘ
linked to: Swahili language
Tanzania → nationalLanguage → Swahili ⓘ
linked to: Swahili language
UNECA → language → Swahili ⓘ
linked to: Swahili language
Voice of America → languageOfWorkOrName → Swahili ⓘ
linked to: Swahili language
Whisper → supportsLanguage → Swahili ⓘ
linked to: Swahili language
East Africa → widelySpokenLanguage → Swahili ⓘ
linked to: Swahili language
Kiunguja → partOf → Swahili language continuum ⓘ
linked to: Swahili language
Kiunguja → basisFor → Standard Swahili ⓘ
linked to: Swahili language
Kiunguja → alternativeName → Zanzibar Swahili ⓘ
linked to: Swahili language
Kiunguja → ancestorOf → Tanzanian Standard Swahili ⓘ
linked to: Swahili language
Kimvita → subdivisionOf → Swahili language ⓘ
Kimvita → hasAlternativeName → Mombasa Swahili ⓘ
linked to: Swahili language
Kimvita → mutuallyIntelligibleWith → Standard Swahili ⓘ
linked to: Swahili language
Kimvita → influencedStandardVariety → Kenyan Standard Swahili ⓘ
linked to: Swahili language
Rwanda → officialLanguage → Swahili ⓘ
linked to: Swahili language
Bantu languages → majorLanguage → Swahili ⓘ
linked to: Swahili language
Bantu languages → majorLanguage → Kiswahili ⓘ
linked to: Swahili language
Nicholas → hasLanguageOfUse → Swahili language ⓘ
Islamic music → usesLanguage → Swahili ⓘ
linked to: Swahili language
Western Zone of Tanzania → languageUsed → Swahili ⓘ
linked to: Swahili language
Western Zone of Tanzania → officialLanguage → Swahili ⓘ
linked to: Swahili language
African Union Commission → officialLanguage → Swahili ⓘ
linked to: Swahili language
Tabora Region → languageUsed → Swahili ⓘ
linked to: Swahili language
Executive Council of the African Union → hasOfficialLanguage → Kiswahili ⓘ
linked to: Swahili language
Kigoma → languageUsed → Swahili ⓘ
linked to: Swahili language
Katavi Region → officialLanguage → Swahili ⓘ
linked to: Swahili language
Kasulu → hasLanguage → Swahili ⓘ
linked to: Swahili language