WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -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-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: -Around the 8th century, the Swahili people began trading with the Arab, Persian, Indian, Chinese, and Southeast Asian peoples-a process known as the Indian Ocean trade.