Kiswahili
Americannoun
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Their chants of “Let’s go Kenya!” and “Kenya, aye!” in Kiswahili filled the stadium with vibrant energy.
From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2025
They retained their Islamic cultural heritage and adopted much of the Bantu language, adding Arabic words and creating the language of Kiswahili, which is today a main language of modern Tanzania.
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
Book Bunk also partnered with the Nest, a Kenyan creative collective, to curate an exhibition from English and Kiswahili newspaper archives from the years 1963, when Kenya became independent, 1973 and 1983.
From New York Times • Feb. 4, 2023
The boy was white — “a mzungu child,” Scolastica said, using Kiswahili slang.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 8, 2019
We called him Mkono Moja, which means “One Hand Man” in Kiswahili.
From "Lost Boy, Lost Girl" by John Bul Dau
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