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'''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. | '''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 | Though it is widely spoken in its native areas around the modern [[East African Protectorate]], the use of Swahili has somewhat diminished due to the adoption of [[English]] as the primary language of the [[Unified Earth Government]] and, by extension, the [[United Nations Space Command]]. | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
