Swaheli/Kiswaheli

Swahili - the lingua franca of East Africa, the

Swahili belongs to the family of Bantu languages, of which there are about five hundred different across Africa.

Originally Swahili is the mother tongue of the Swahili tribe, the inhabitants of a ca. 1500 km-long coastal strip, stretching from southern Somalia to Mozambique. This language, Kiswahili is the self-, is the best known and most widely spoken Bantu language and is spoken in many countries in East Africa: Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya, Burundi, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Comoros, Mayotte and Rwanda. Accordingly it is considered the "lingua franca", So as a trade language of East Africa.

Swahili is the official language in Tanzania and a second official language in Kenya; Urganda it applies in addition to English as the official language most widely spoken.

In addition to the approximately 2 Native speakers, there are millions still about. 30 Million people, the Swahili as a second language rule.

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One of the most famous phrases in Swahili is "Hakuna Matata". It is used in the animated film The Lion King and in the cartoon series Timon and Pumba. It literally means "there are no problems." And indicates "no problem" or "no worries". Even the names of Disney characters Simba, Pumbaa and Rafiki are from the Swahili. You mean lion, and stupid friends. Safari also (Travel, originally from Arabic) is a word taken over from the German in the Swahili.