name of a Bantu people inhabiting the coast of southeastern Africa, 1814, literally "coast-dwellers," from Arabic sawahil, plural of sahil "coast" + ethnic suffix -i.
双语例句
1. Swahili is the principal lingua franca in East Africa.
东非的主要交际语是斯瓦希里语.
来自辞典例句
2. The website is named for a Swahili word for " testimony. "