The Swahili people (Swahili: Waswahili, وَسوَحِيلِ) comprise mainly Bantu, Afro-Arab, and Comorian ethnic groups inhabiting the Swahili coast, an area encompassing the East African coast across southern Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, and northern Mozambique, and various archipelagos off the coast, such as Zanzibar, Lamu, and the Comoro ...

2017年4月25日 · The Swahili people speak a language of the same name and most practice Islam. The largest numbers live in Kenya, Tanzania, Comoros, and Mozambique.

Swahili culture is the culture of the Swahili people inhabiting the Swahili coast. This littoral area encompasses Tanzania, Kenya, and Mozambique, as well as the adjacent islands of Zanzibar and Comoros along with some parts of Malawi and the eastern part of …

The Swahili are a people and culture found on the East coast of Africa, mainly the coastal regions and the islands of Kenya and Tanzania, and north Mozambique. The Swahili number is at around 1,328,000. [2] The number of Swahili speakers, on the …

The Swahili are a mixed group of peo­ple speak­ing closely re­lated forms of Bantu speech, liv­ing on is­lands and coastal ar­eas of East Africa from Brava (Baraawe), So­ma­lia, to Kilwa, Mozam­bique and the Co­moro Is­lands.

2023年3月31日 · A new analysis of medieval DNA has revealed that around the turn of the first millennium, Swahili ancestors from Africa and Asia began intermingling and having children, giving rise to a...

2023年10月19日 · Today, the vast majority of Swahili people are Sunni Muslims. The Swahili Coast appears to have reached its zenith during the Medieval Period, from around the 11th to 15th centuries. During that time, the Swahili Coast comprised numerous city-states that traded across the Indian Ocean.

2023年7月13日 · The Swahili people forged a new identity by blending African, Arab, and Asian influences into a unique coastal culture. Their civilization lives on today in the Swahili language spoken by over 100 million people, the architectural wonders of sites like Kilwa Kisiwani, and shared heritage as a historic trade hub that connected diverse cultures.

2021年10月24日 · Swahili people (speakers of WaSwahili) belong to the Bantu ethnic group of East Africa. People from this ethnic group are mainly on the Swahili coast, including coastal Kenya, the Zanzibar archipelago, northern Mozambique, Tanzania seaboard, Northwest Madagascar, and Comoros Islands.

2013年7月16日 · The Swahili people are made up of around 500,000 people who also go by the name of Waswahili. This culture has been around for thousands of years, dating back to at least 100 AD when a Greek traveller wrote about the inhabitants and culture he found when he visited a place in East Africa.