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{{Infobox Language|name=Swahili Language|nativename=Kiswahili
|familycolor=Niger-Congo
|states={{flag|Burundi}}<br>{{flag|DR Congo}}<br>{{flag|Comoros}} (as [[Comorian language|Comorian]])<br>{{flag|Kenya}}<br>{{flag|Mozambique}}<br>{{flag|Oman}}<br>{{flag|Seychelles|local}} (as [[Shimaore dialect|Shimaore]])<br> {{flag|Mauritius}}<br>{{flag|Rwanda}}<br>{{flag|Tanzania}}<br>{{flag|Uganda}}<br>{{flag|Malawi}}<ref>[http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=swh Ethnologue list of countries where Swahili is spoken]<br />Thomas J. Hinnebusch, 1992, "Swahili", ''International Encyclopedia of Linguistics'', Oxford, pp. 99–106<br />David Dalby, 1999/2000, ''The Linguasphere Register of the World's Languages and Speech Communities'', Linguasphere Press, Volume Two, pg. 733–735<br />Benji Wald, 1994, "Sub-Saharan Africa", ''Atlas of the World's Languages'', Routledge, pp. 289–346, maps 80, 81, 85</ref>
|speakers=First language: 5–10 million<br />First and second language: 50+ million<ref name="marten">Lutz Marten, "Swahili", ''Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics'', 2nd ed., 2006, Elsevier</ref>
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|script=[[Latin alphabet|Latin]], [[Arabic alphabet|Arabic]]
|nation={{noflag|[[African Union]]}}<br>{{flag|Kenya}}<br>{{flag|Tanzania}}<br>{{flag|Uganda}}
|agency=[[Baraza la Kiswahili la Taifa]] (Tanzania)
|iso1=sw|iso2=swa
|iso3=swa
|lc1=swc|ld1=Congo Swahili|ll1=none
|lc2=swh|ld2=Coastal Swahili|ll2=none
|lingua=99-AUS-m
|map=[[File:Maeneo penye wasemaji wa Kiswahili.png|200px]]
{{legend|#055B00|Coastal areas where Swahili or Comorian is the indigenous language,}}
{{legend|#1A841A|official or national language,}}
{{legend|#5CD65C|and trade language. As a trade language, Swahili extends some distance further to the northwest.}}
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