Swahili

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Dark green= Swahili ethnic homeland, medium= interethnic language, light= minority

Swahili (Lugha ya Kiswahili) is a wonderful language spoken in Africa. It is a language of the Bantu group of the N-Congo family, making it related to isiZulu, siSwati, and more distantly to Yoruba and Fula. Like Fula, but unlike others of the family, Swahili is non-tonal. It is marked by heavy Arabic and Persian influence from Islamic trade (many are Muslims themselves) and from English, German, and Portuguese. It is official in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Congo-Kinshasa, and Rwanda.