Swahili
ISO 639-3: swh
Major lingua franca of East Africa; official language in multiple countries
Language Details
| Family Lineage | Niger-Congo › Atlantic-Congo › Volta-Congo › Benue-Congo › Bantoid › Southern Bantoid › Bantu › Sabaki |
| Countries | Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, DR Congo, Rwanda, Burundi |
| Approximate Speakers | ~80,000,000 |
| Notes | Has significant Arabic loanwords due to Indian Ocean trade |
Hebrew Comparisons
| Word | Meaning | Hebrew Word | Transliteration | Hebrew Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roho | spirit, soul | רוּחַ | Ruach | from רוּחַ; wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions); air, anger, blast, breath, [idiom] cool, courage, mind, [idiom] quarter, [idiom] side, spirit(-ual), tempest, [idiom] vain, (whirl-) wind(-y). |