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Join the bab.la team to make the online dictionary even better. Thanks to our users who are constantly adding new words and voting for or against existing translations, our English-Swahili dictionary is constantly growing and evolving. Over time, translation options become outdated, but our users are constantly adding new words and making the dictionary the most up-to-date one. The more words you add, the better our dictionary will be! We care about quality, so we require 10 votes from our users for a word to be included in the dictionary. However, this does not mean that your word will not show up when you search in an English-Swahili dictionary. The only difference will be that a word that doesn't get 10 votes will be marked "not verified."
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History of Swahili
The language began to take shape in the 8th-10th centuries, along with the development of trade relations between the east coast and the Arab world. The influence of the Arabic language is evident in the vocabulary and grammar of Swahili. It is generally accepted that ethnic Swahili are descendants of Arabs, Hindus and representatives of the Bantu tribes. Two waves of migrations led to the formation of a new ethnic group with its own culture and language. By the 19th century, African traditions merged with Arab-Muslim ones. The writing of this period developed on the basis of the Arabic alphabet.
The first written monuments in the form of records of songs, poems and chronicles date back to the 18th century in the Old Swahili language. Some dialects of that period turned over time into independent languages. The modern standard language was formed on the basis of the Kiunguja language, which existed in Zanzibar.
When trade began to expand on the continent, Swahili became a means of interethnic communication in Africa. With the end of the period of colonization, this meaning was strengthened, Swahili pressed the languages of the colonialists, in particular, English.
In the second half of the 19th century, attempts were made to describe Swahili grammar, and textbooks and dictionaries went out of print by the end of the century. In the twentieth century, the language was actively spreading in all spheres of life, it was taught at universities, Swahili is studied and researched in many scientific centers in Europe and other countries. A research institute operates in Tanzania, a linguistic journal is published, covering the problems of culture, literature and language.
- In Swahili, it literally translates to “the language of the coast dwellers.”
- Safari is a word of international lexicon, meaning "journey" in Swahili.
- In the cartoon "The Lion King" the names of the main characters are taken from the Swahili language: Simba is a lion, Rafiki is a friend, Pumbaa is lazy, Sarabi is a mirage. "Hakuna matata" translated from Swahili - "No problem."
- The language of the aliens in the film "Hangar 18" is a modified fragment of the text from the Swahili phrasebook.
- There is a legend in Zanzibar about the spirit of Popobav. Evil Popobava comes into the house at night, commits sexual assault, and demands that the victim tell everyone about what happened. Refusal is punishable by a second visit. In Swahili, Popobawa means the wing of a bat.
- Swahili is rich in synonyms. For example, for the word "girl" in this language there are about 15 designations. If separate words for petite, beautiful, young and not so, etc.
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