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The system observes that every name of a person, object or place has a meaning. [1] The system has been subject to westernization and attrition to linguistics due to the Kenyan adoption of Swahili language as a lingua-franca and the dynamic view that indigenous languages are provincial and irrelevant. Naming is referred to as Kogoochinet-aab ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Help. Surnames of Swahili language origin. Pages in category "Swahili-language surnames" The following 5 pages are in this ...
Swahili, also known by its local name Kiswahili, is a Bantu language originally spoken by the Swahili people, who are found primarily in Tanzania, Kenya, and Mozambique (along the East African coast and adjacent littoral islands). [6] Estimates of the number of Swahili speakers, including both native and second-language speakers, vary widely.
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The term Nyamwezi is of Swahili origin, and translates as "people of the moon" or "people of the west", the latter being more meaningful to the context. Historically, there have been five ethnic groups, all of which referring to themselves as Wanyamwezi to outsiders: Kimbu, Konongo, Nyamwezi, Sukuma, and Sumbwa, who were never united.
This Swahili exonym originates from the Rangi exonym for the Alagwa, Vaasi. In turn, the Rangi name Vaasi is actually derived from a Bantu term approximately meaning "original inhabitants", [2] which is reflective of the existence of the Alagwa in what is now Kondoa District prior to the arrival and migration of the Rangi to the area. [4]
Jabari is a masculine given name, derived from Swahili, ultimately from Arabic, that is most commonly given to African-American boys. It is also an Arabic surname.. Jabari is a borrowing from Swahili jabari meaning "brave (one)", [1] which is from the Arabic word جَبَّار (jabbār), meaning "ruler".