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kiswahili

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.04 in modern English

Syllables
kiswahili
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Swahili, an agglutinative Bantu language widely spoken in East Africa.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Bantu *kɪ̀- Proto-Sabaki *ki- Swahili ki- Arabic سَوَاحِل (sawāḥil) Swahili Kiswahilibor. English Kiswahili Borrowed from Swahili Kiswahili, from ki- + Arabic سَوَاحِل (sawāḥil).

Synonyms

Swahili swahili language kiswahili language

Questions

What does kiswahili mean?
Swahili, an agglutinative Bantu language widely spoken in East Africa.
Where does kiswahili come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Bantu *kɪ̀- Proto-Sabaki *ki- Swahili ki- Arabic سَوَاحِل (sawāḥil) Swahili Kiswahilibor. English Kiswahili Borrowed from Swahili Kiswahili, from ki- + Arabic سَوَاحِل (sawāḥil).

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