Learn Swahili

Swahili originated on the East African coast over a thousand years ago as a Bantu language, evolving from interactions between local Bantu speakers and Arab traders, with the name itself coming from the Arabic sahil (coast)

Swahili Simply easily.

It developed as a trade language, incorporating significant vocabulary from Arabic, Persian, and later Portuguese, English, and German, while retaining its Bantu grammatical structure. It spread inland via trade routes and was later adopted by colonial powers for administration, becoming a crucial lingua franca and national language in East Africa

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• Jambo / Habari: Hello.
• Habari gani?: How are you?.
• Nzuri: Good/Fine (response).
• Asante: Thank you.
• Asante sana: Thank you very much.
• Tafadhali: Please.
• Karibu: Welcome / You’re welcome.
• Samahani: Excuse me / Sorry.
• Hakuna Matata: No worries / No problem.
• Kwaheri: Goodbye

• Ndiyo: Yes.
• Hapana: No.
• Sawa: Okay.
• Maji: Water.
• Thirst: Kiu
• Gari: Vehicle
• Humid: Joto
• Cold: Baridi
• Hela: Money
• Chakula: Food.
• Mimi naitwa…: My name is….
• Wewe unatoka wapi?: Where are you from?.
• Sielewi: I don’t understand.
• Pole pole: Slowly. 
• Subiri: Wait
• Twende: Lets Go

Animals: Wanyama

• Simba: Lion
• Twiga : Giraffe
• Tembo: Elephant
• Nyumbu: Wildebeest
• Kiboko: Hippo
• Nyati: Buffalo
• Nyani : Baboon