Swahili
noun
Swa·hi·li
swä-ˈhē-lē 
plural Swahili or Swahilis
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
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Unlike other elder statesmen who spend their late careers managing their legacies, Carson apparently didn’t care much about the history books, preferring instead to sail his yacht and learn Swahili.
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Isaac Butler, The New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2024
Rowles Adams was one of the early hires at Swahili Village in D.C.
—Tim Carman, Washington Post, 16 July 2024
Current efforts are making AI more inclusive and accessible, especially by supporting low-resource languages that have traditionally been overlooked, like a recent dataset developed for Swahili.
—Olga Megorskaya, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
Others underline the interconnectedness of history and culture, like Zein Abdullah's chicken biryani which celebrates the prevalent Swahili culture that runs up and down the East Coast of Africa—and Arab influences on African cuisine.
—Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Oct. 2024
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Isaac Butler, The New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2024
Rowles Adams was one of the early hires at Swahili Village in D.C.
—Tim Carman, Washington Post, 16 July 2024
Current efforts are making AI more inclusive and accessible, especially by supporting low-resource languages that have traditionally been overlooked, like a recent dataset developed for Swahili.
—Olga Megorskaya, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
Others underline the interconnectedness of history and culture, like Zein Abdullah's chicken biryani which celebrates the prevalent Swahili culture that runs up and down the East Coast of Africa—and Arab influences on African cuisine.
—Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Oct. 2024
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Swahili
noun
Swa·hi·li
swä-ˈhē-lē
plural Swahili or Swahilis
1
: a member of a Bantu-speaking people of Zanzibar and the adjacent coast of Africa
2
: a Bantu language that is a trade and governmental language over much of East Africa and in the Congo region
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