Swa ‧ hi ‧ li /swɑːˈhiːli, swə-/ BrE AmE noun
1 . [uncountable] a Bantu language spoken in eastern and central Africa, and used especially as a ↑ lingua franca (=a language used between people whose first languages are different) . It is the official language of Kenya and Tanzania.
2 . [countable] a member of the Bantu people of Zanzibar who originally spoke this language
—Swahili adjective