The article provides reference to the an excellent option for learning Swahili 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 to consider.

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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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