This is a short video teaching basic Swahili words and phrases.

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The following is a brief article that includes some basic Swahili vocabulary as well as a variety of recommended resources.

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The most crucial aspect in obtaining a distant language is the amount of time you commit to surrounding yourself with it. The more experience you have with the language, the quicker you’ll pick it up. This equates to hearing, seeing, using, and scrutinizing the lingo.

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The article provides reference to the an excellent option for learning Swahili (the FSI Swahili Basic Course) and a variety of other languages. Most important is the fact that the course is free and from a venerable source. There are paid versions which have been reformatted and remastered, but this is a excellent Swahili resource [...]

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The Swahili language is of Bantu (African) origin. It does however have borrowed words from other languages such as Arabic. This is partly due to the influence of Arabic visitors as well as the result of the Swahili people’s adoption of Islam and by extension the Quran which is written in Arabic.

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