Kiswahili is the Swahili word for the language, and this is
also sometimes used in English. The name Kiswahili comes from the plural sawāḥil
(سواحل) of the Arabic
word sāḥil (ساحل),
meaning "boundary" or "coast", used as an adjective meaning
"coastal dwellers". With the prefix ki-, it means "coastal
language", ki- being a prefix attached to nouns of the noun class that
includes languages.
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