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[[File:Moto ondoka.jpg|thumb|250px|A sign in [[Traxus Factory Complex 09]], with "fire exit" spelled out in Swahili and English.]] | [[File:Moto ondoka.jpg|thumb|250px|A sign in [[Traxus Factory Complex 09]], with "fire exit" spelled out in Swahili and English.]] | ||
'''Swahili''' (also called '''Kiswahili''') is a Bantu language widely spoken in East [[Africa]], [[Earth]]. Swahili is the mother tongue of the Swahili people who inhabit a 1,500 kilometers (931.5 miles) stretch of the East African coast from southern Somalia to northern Mozambique. | '''Swahili''' (also called '''Kiswahili''') is a Bantu language widely spoken in East [[Africa]], [[Earth]]. Swahili is the mother tongue of the Swahili people who inhabit a 1,500 kilometers (931.5 miles) stretch of the East African coast from southern Somalia to northern Mozambique. As of the early 21st century, it is spoken by over 50 million people, of whom there are approximately five million first-language speakers and thirty to fifty million second-language speakers. Swahili has become a ''lingua franca'' for East Africa and surrounding areas. | ||
Though it is widely spoken in its native areas around the modern [[East African Protectorate]], the use of Swahili is being gradually diminished as universal [[English]] is being accepted throughout the UNSC. | |||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== |
Revision as of 16:19, February 1, 2012
Swahili (also called Kiswahili) is a Bantu language widely spoken in East Africa, Earth. Swahili is the mother tongue of the Swahili people who inhabit a 1,500 kilometers (931.5 miles) stretch of the East African coast from southern Somalia to northern Mozambique. As of the early 21st century, it is spoken by over 50 million people, of whom there are approximately five million first-language speakers and thirty to fifty million second-language speakers. Swahili has become a lingua franca for East Africa and surrounding areas.
Though it is widely spoken in its native areas around the modern East African Protectorate, the use of Swahili is being gradually diminished as universal English is being accepted throughout the UNSC.
Trivia
In the Halo 2 level Outskirts, a number of announcements are made in Swahili over the intercom.
List of appearances
- Halo 2 (First appearance)
- Halo 3
- Halo Graphic Novel