WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Today, Swahili is the lingua franca of East Africa. The Swahili language is part of the Bantu language family (the group of languages spoken in much of central and southern Africa) but has had considerable Arabic influences.

Detailed explanation-2: -Swahili City-States During the 10th century, several city-states flourished along the Swahili Coast and adjacent islands, including Kilwa, Malindi, Gedi, Pate, Comoros, and Zanzibar. These early Swahili city-states were Muslim, cosmopolitan, and politically independent of one another.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Swahili city-states stretched along the East African coast from Somali to Mozambique. These Swahili states were bound by a common language and culture. Islam is seen as a product of Arab and Persian traders who came to trade and settled to create distinct communities.

Detailed explanation-4: -With its origin in East Africa, Swahili speakers spread over more than 14 countries: Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), South Sudan, Somalia, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Comoros, and as far as Oman and Yemen in the Middle East.

Detailed explanation-5: -Swahili language, also called kiSwahili, or Kiswahili, Bantu language spoken either as a mother tongue or as a fluent second language on the east coast of Africa in an area extending from Lamu Island, Kenya, in the north to the southern border of Tanzania in the south.

Detailed explanation-6: -As traders from Arabia and Asia settled in East Africa in time they started to blend their culture with the locals, thus making new culture and beginning of the Swahili language which is a mix between the local language East African language, and Arabian.