Swahili /swɑːˈhiːlɪ/

• 1. 

  N a language of E Africa that is an official language of Kenya and Tanzania and is widely used as a lingua franca throughout E and central Africa. It is a member of the Bantu group of the Niger-Congo family, originally spoken in Zanzibar, and has a large number of loan words taken from Arabic and other languages 斯瓦希里语 (Also called Kiswahili)

• 2. 

  ADJ of or relating to the Swahilis or their language 斯瓦希里人或语的