Kiswahili
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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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
In either case they formed an elite, hereditary merchant class, speaking Arabic or Kiswahili and trading with Africans in the interior for such items as ivory, furs, and gold.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
But instead of lingering in the discomfort or seeking some empty form of reconnection, Kariūki moves fluidly between English, Maa and Kiswahili.
From New York Times ● Jan. 28, 2022
Other than Prof Walibora's debut novel, he had another novel that was read as a national set book for Kiswahili literature in schools, Kidagaa Kimemwozea.
From BBC ● Apr. 26, 2020
She is called Rafiki, which means friend, in Kiswahili.
From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall
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