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  2. Swahili language - Wikipedia

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    Swahili, also known by its local name Kiswahili, is a Bantu language originally spoken by the Swahili people, who are found primarily in Tanzania, Kenya and Mozambique (along the East African coast and adjacent littoral islands). [6] The number of current Swahili speakers, be they native or second-language speakers, is estimated to be over 200 ...

  3. Swahili Ajami - Wikipedia

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    Swahili Ajami script refers to the alphabet derived from Arabic script that is used for the writing of Swahili language. [1] Ajami is a name commonly given to alphabets derived from Arabic script for the use of various African languages, from Swahili to Hausa, Fula, and Wolof . In the 2010s, there has been work on creating new Unicode ...

  4. English words of African origin - Wikipedia

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    safari – from Swahili travel, ultimately from Arabic. sambo – Fula sambo meaning "uncle". sangoma – from Zulu – "traditional healer" (often used in South African English) shea – A tree and the oil Shea butter which comes from its seeds, comes from its name in Bambara. tango – probably from Ibibio tamgu.

  5. List of The Lion King (franchise) characters - Wikipedia

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    Makucha (voiced by Steve Blum) is a cunning and powerful leopard who comes to the Pride Lands in pursuit of Ajabu, and proves to be quite an adversary to the Lion Guard due to his speed and strength. He is later revealed to be the leader of his leap, which is first shown when the Lion Guard was looking for water in the Back Lands during a water ...

  6. List of English words from Indigenous languages of the ...

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    This is a list of English language words borrowed from Indigenous languages of the Americas, either directly or through intermediate European languages such as Spanish or French. It does not cover names of ethnic groups or place names derived from Indigenous languages. Most words of Native American/First Nations language origin are the common ...

  7. List of Jamaican Patois words of African origin - Wikipedia

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    Most of these African words have arrived in Jamaica through the enslaved Africans that were transported there in the era of the Atlantic slave trade . Patwa. Language. Original word. Description. Accompong. Akan. Acheampong (or Akropong) Ashanti surname, which means destined for greatness.

  8. Languages of Mozambique - Wikipedia

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    The 2017 national population and housing census found out that Portuguese is spoken by 47.3% of all Mozambicans aged 5 and older, with native speakers making up 16.6% [2] of the population (38.3% in the cities and 5.1% in rural areas, respectively) Mozambique has 22 Bantu origin languages which are: Swahili, Makhuwa, Sena, Ndau, Tswa-Ronga ...

  9. Jamaican Patois - Wikipedia

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    Female patois speaker saying two sentences A Jamaican Patois speaker discussing the usage of the language. Jamaican Patois (/ ˈ p æ t w ɑː /; locally rendered Patwah and called Jamaican Creole by linguists) is an English-based creole language with West African, Taíno, Irish, Spanish, Hindustani, Portuguese, Chinese, and German influences, spoken primarily in Jamaica and among the Jamaican ...