transcription, транскрипция: [ swä-ˈhē-lē ]
noun
( plural Swahili or Swahilis )
Etymology: Arabic sawāḥil, plural of sāḥil coast
Date: 1814
1. : a member of a Bantu-speaking people of Zanzibar and the adjacent coast
2. : a Bantu language that is a trade and governmental language over much of East Africa and in the Congo region