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.
All labels observed (15)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Swahili | 296 |
| Swahili language canonical | 22 |
| Kiswahili | 13 |
| Standard Swahili | 3 |
| Kenyan Standard Swahili | 1 |
| Kiunguja Swahili | 1 |
| Mombasa Swahili | 1 |
| Pemba Swahili | 1 |
| Swahili (Congo Swahili) | 1 |
| Swahili language continuum | 1 |
| Swahili macrolanguage | 1 |
| Tanzanian Standard Swahili | 1 |
| Waswahili | 1 |
| Zanzibar Swahili | 1 |
| Zanzibar dialect (Kiunguja) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18658 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Swahili language Context triple: [Latin alphabet, writingSystemFor, Swahili language]
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A.
Haitian Creole
Haitian Creole is a French-based creole language spoken primarily in Haiti and its diaspora, recognized as one of the country's official languages and used in education, media, and religious life.
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B.
Gombe Stream Research Centre
Gombe Stream Research Centre is a renowned primatological research station in Tanzania best known as the long-term base for Jane Goodall’s groundbreaking chimpanzee studies.
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C.
Arabic
Arabic is a Semitic language widely spoken across the Arab world and used as a liturgical language in Islam.
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D.
South African English
South African English is the variety of English spoken in South Africa, characterized by distinctive pronunciation, vocabulary, and influences from Afrikaans and indigenous African languages.
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E.
Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic is a Celtic language native to Scotland, historically spoken in the Highlands and Islands and closely related to Irish and Manx.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Swahili language Target entity description: 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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A.
Haitian Creole
Haitian Creole is a French-based creole language spoken primarily in Haiti and its diaspora, recognized as one of the country's official languages and used in education, media, and religious life.
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B.
Judeo-Arabic
Judeo-Arabic is a group of Arabic dialects historically spoken and written by Jewish communities, typically using the Hebrew script and incorporating Hebrew and Aramaic elements.
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C.
Gombe Stream Research Centre
Gombe Stream Research Centre is a renowned primatological research station in Tanzania best known as the long-term base for Jane Goodall’s groundbreaking chimpanzee studies.
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D.
Arabic
Arabic is a Semitic language widely spoken across the Arab world and used as a liturgical language in Islam.
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E.
South African English
South African English is the variety of English spoken in South Africa, characterized by distinctive pronunciation, vocabulary, and influences from Afrikaans and indigenous African languages.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Bantu language
ⓘ
lingua franca ⓘ natural language ⓘ |
| developedAs | trade language ⓘ |
| dominantWordOrder | subject-verb-object ⓘ |
| family |
Niger–Congo languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Niger-Congo languages
|
| glottologCode | swah1253 ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Swahili language
ⓘ
surface form:
Kiswahili
|
| hasEstimatedSpeakers |
over 15 million native speakers
ⓘ
over 80 million total speakers ⓘ |
| hasMajorDialect |
Kiunguja
ⓘ
surface form:
Kiamu
Kimvita ⓘ Kiunguja ⓘ |
| hasNounClassSystem | true ⓘ |
| historicallyWrittenIn | Arabic script ⓘ |
| iso639-1Code | sw ⓘ |
| iso639-2Code | swa ⓘ |
| iso639-3Code | swh ⓘ |
| lexicalInfluenceFrom |
Arabic
ⓘ
surface form:
Arabic language
English language ⓘ German ⓘ
surface form:
German language
Portuguese language ⓘ |
| macrolanguage |
Swahili language
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Swahili macrolanguage
|
| nativeName |
Swahili language
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Kiswahili
|
| officialLanguageOf |
African Union
ⓘ
Burundi ⓘ Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ East African Community ⓘ Kenya ⓘ Rwanda ⓘ Tanzania ⓘ Uganda ⓘ |
| originRegion |
East Africa
ⓘ
surface form:
East African coast
|
| primaryRegion |
Central Africa
ⓘ
East Africa ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Burundi
ⓘ
Comoros ⓘ Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ Kenya ⓘ Mozambique ⓘ Oman ⓘ Rwanda ⓘ Somalia ⓘ Tanzania ⓘ Uganda ⓘ |
| standardBasedOn |
Swahili language
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Zanzibar dialect (Kiunguja)
|
| subfamily | Bantu languages ⓘ |
| usedAsMediumOfInstructionIn | Tanzania (primary education) ⓘ |
| usedIn |
broadcast media in East Africa
ⓘ
popular music in East Africa ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin script ⓘ |
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Subject: Swahili language Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (345)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.