Swahiliとは

意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Swahili swahili, from Arabic سَوَاحِلِيّ‎ (sawāḥiliyy, “(people) of the coasts”), from سَوَاحِل‎ (sawāḥil, “coasts”), plural of سَاحِل‎ (sāḥil, “coast”).

発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /swəˈhiːli/
• (米国発音) IPA^(key): /swɑˈhili/, /swəˈhili/

名詞

Swahili (uncountable)

1. An agglutinative language of the Bantu branch widely spoken in East Africa. Born in its modern form from the hybridization of the Arabic and Bantu cultures, it was the language of the traders in East Africa, and spread along the routes of trade.

同意語

• KiSwahili, Kiswahili

参考

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Swahili terms
• Appendix:Swahili Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Swahili

Further reading

• ISO 639-1 code sw, ISO 639-3 code swa