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The 39 pages that link to Swahili language, each with the reason it gives.

• Indian Ocean tradeRelated: Its vocabulary and coastal spread reflect centuries of contact across the western ocean.

• Bantu expansionBroader topic: It illustrates the later development of a major regional language within the Bantu family.

• Bantu languagesBroader topic: Its broad regional use makes it the family’s most prominent lingua franca.

• Swahili CoastRelated: A shared language helped connect coastal towns and their hinterlands.

• TanzaniaRelated: It serves as Tanzania's national language and a shared means of communication.

• Niger–Congo languagesBroader topic: Swahili shows how a Niger–Congo language became a regional lingua franca.

• Lingua francaRelated: It enables communication across many language communities in East Africa.

• Omani EmpireRelated: Omani connections contributed to Arabic influence and coastal exchange, alongside deeper African roots.

• Zanzibar ArchipelagoRelated: It developed as a shared language of coastal communities and commerce.

• TanganyikaRelated: Its promotion helped build a shared national identity across Tanganyika's diverse population.

• Maji Maji RebellionRelated: A shared language helped convey the movement's message among communities with different languages.

• KenyaRelated: It links Kenya’s communities and connects the country to its coastal and regional history.

• Kilwa KisiwaniRelated: It links Kilwa’s local society to the wider Swahili cultural world.

• Somali languageRelated: Swahili and Somali meet in regional trade, migration, and multilingual communities.

• Swahili cultureRelated: Its vocabulary and literature carry the culture across coastal communities and the wider region.

• UjamaaRelated: Its promotion supported national unity across Tanzania’s many language communities.

• LingalaCompared with: Swahili fills a comparable regional role farther east.

• Richard Francis BurtonRelated: Burton's East African journeys involved learning and recording languages used along the coast.

• Kilwa SultanateRelated: Swahili linked coastal communities whose cities participated in Kilwa’s commercial world.

• Dar es SalaamRelated: Swahili is the city’s principal shared language and a marker of coastal identity.

• Great Lakes Bantu languagesRelated: Swahili connects Great Lakes communities to wider trade and communication networks.

• Swahili city-statesRelated: A shared language linked coastal communities while absorbing vocabulary through trade.

• KirundiCompared with: Swahili is a regional Bantu language with a broader lingua-franca role than Kirundi.

• LugandaCompared with: Unlike Swahili’s broad regional role, Luganda is most strongly rooted in Buganda.

• Zanzibar CityRelated: Swahili is central to everyday communication and public life in the city.

• JengaRelated: Scott chose the game's name from the Swahili word meaning “to build.”

• Kikuyu languageRelated: Swahili and Kikuyu coexist in Kenya, with Swahili prominent in national public life.

• Kinjikitile NgwaleRelated: The name Maji Maji draws on Swahili, while Ngwale’s message crossed language communities.

• Languages of AfricaBroader topic: It links speakers across national and first-language boundaries in eastern Africa.

• Ebrahim HusseinNarrower topic: The language’s rhythms and registers are central to Hussein’s dramatic writing.

• Jua CaliRelated: His lyrics draw on Swahili alongside Sheng to reach audiences across linguistic boundaries.

• Luba-KatangaRelated: Swahili is widely used alongside local languages in parts of the Congo region.

• MalagasyRelated: Indian Ocean trade connected Madagascar with Swahili-speaking communities and other African language traditions.

• Muhammed Said AbdullaNarrower topic: Abdulla wrote in Swahili, expanding its modern literary possibilities.

• Peninsular ArabicRelated: Indian Ocean contact connected coastal Arabia with Swahili-speaking communities.

• Rwanda-RundiCompared with: Unlike Rwanda-Rundi, Swahili is widely used across multiple countries as a regional lingua franca.

• Shaaban bin RobertRelated: He wrote in Swahili and argued for its capacity to express complex ideas.

• Siti binti SaadRelated: Singing in Swahili made her songs accessible across linguistic communities.

• Sukuma languageCompared with: Swahili has wider national reach in Tanzania, while Sukuma is chiefly regional.