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A [[Bantu]] language widely spoken in East Africa. Swahili served as a trade language across Africa, and therefore is known today by millions of people in many countries.

A [[Bantu]] language widely spoken in [[East Africa]]. Swahili is spoken as a first language by about 5 million people, and also serves as a [[lingua franca]] across [[Africa]], where it is spoken by over 30 million people as a second language<ref> http://www.nvtc.gov/lotw/months/september/swahili.html</ref>.

Syntactically, Swahili is largely SVO.

Syntactically, Swahili is largely Verb complex-object<ref> http://www.nvtc.gov/lotw/months/september/swahili.html#stru</ref>. Because Swahili is an [[agglutinative]] language, the subject and verb combine through prefixes and suffixes, creating the Verb complex.

 

 

[[Category:Languages]]

[[Category:Languages]]