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most definitely *not* isolating, and not ergative, or OSV; same source
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 served as a trade language across Africa, and therefore is known today by millions of people in many countries.
Syntactically, Swahili is a largely isolating OSV language, although in certain tenses it manifests a split-ergative case system.
Syntactically, Swahili is largely SVO.
[[Category:Languages]]
[[Category:Languages]]