The Swahili language or Kiswahili is a Bantu language and the mother tongue of the Swahili people. It is spoken by various communities inhabiting the African Great Lakes region and other parts of Southeast Africa including Tanzania Kenya Uganda Rwanda Burundi Mozambique and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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ISO 639-1 code
sw
ISO 639-2 code
swa
ISO 639-3 code
swa
family
Bantu languages, Benue–Congo languages, Atlantic–Congo languages, Southern Bantoid languages
language regulator or academy
Baraza la Kiswahili la Taifa
spoken in
Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania, Burundi, Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya
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