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Language: Swahili

Affiliation:	Niger-Congo, Bantoid
WALS codes:	swa
ISO 639-3 codes:	swh

As recipient language

Swahili vocabulary contributed by Thilo Schadeberg

The map shows Swahili in red and the donor languages in blue.

List of donor languoids (languages and families) that contributed words to Swahili
Donor Languoid	Words borrowed into Swahili
name	immediate		earlier
[help] Donor Languoid These are the names of languages and families from which the recipient language borrowed words directly or indirectly.	[help] Number of direct loanwords This is the number of words that the recipient language borrowed (or calqued) directly from this donor languoid.	[help] Direct loanwords These are (some of) the direct loanwords (or calques) from this donor languoid into the recipient language.	[help] Number of indirect loanwords This is the number of words that the recipient language borrowed (or calqued) indirectly, i.e. via another, intermediate donor languoid, from this donor languoid.	[help] Indirect loanwords These are (some of) the indirect loanwords (or calques) from this donor languoid into the recipient language.
Zaramo	1	mgoni	0
Zigua	3	kidiri, ngedere, mgono	0
German	1	shule	0
English	79	familia, nta ya sikio, oveni, soseji, supu, gauni, koti, shati, sketi, soksi [show all] , buti, glavu, glovu, pini, hereni, herini, taulo, burashi, brashi, blangeti, blanketi, mota (2), plau, sepetu, sepeto, reki, muoki, ekseli, bili, buluu, bluu, helmeti, faini, redio, televisheni, basi, betri, hospitali, sinki, polisi, stempu, benki, skrubu, sukurubu, pipi, plastiki, bomu, kalenda, filamu, muziki, gazeti, namba, nambari, breki, injini, mashine, baisikeli, sleji, bumarengi, kangaruu, daktari, motokaa, eropleni, treni, -fanya mapenzi, bia, chizi, kola, stovu, gamu, gluu, feni, dansi, kona, wiki, -kisi (1), jaji, jela, peremende, savana, jagi, mota (1), skuli, leseni, skii, kadi, chokaa	2	meli, kambi
Portuguese	23	kisu, leso, pau, pao, boriti, ubao, nazi, muhogo, butu, tarumbeta, bakora [show all] , gereza, padri, posta, kopo, mvinyo, limau, chepeo, korosho, kimau, mbatata, bomba, meza, pesa	2	meza, pesa
Pre-Malagasy	0		1	wali
Japanese	0		1	kimau
Hindi-Urdu	78	barafu, kaka, babu, bibi, mbuzi, beberu, kasuku, goti, tako, shela [show all] , bangili, bangiri, dirisha, taa (1), ngano, mwanzi, muwa, gundi, bati, patasi, gari, meli, nanga, rangi, manjano, namna, godoro, bisibisi, dafu, hodari, ngalawa, cheti, pesa, -kodi, baba, bahari, bahati (njema), bandari, barabara (2), bunduki, chai, chokaa, dawa, desturi, dini, duka, dusumali, hakimu, hewa, hori, jahazi, kahaba, kahawa, karakana, kazi, kiberiti, kufuli, lozi, mashua, meza, msala, msumari, ndimu, njaa, pilipili, popoo, sabuni, sanamu, serikali, sherisi, sonobari, sultani, suruali, tayari, tufani, tumbaku, wakati, wazi, waziri	1	cheti
Malagasy	8	wali, -jivuna, mpaka, divai, kanzu, ngalawa, popoo, seremala	0
Arabic (Indian Ocean)	8	shwari, shuwari, ghuba, meza, mashua, tufe, desturi, simu, barua	0
Italian	1	altare	0
Arabic	364	dunia, bara, bahari, rasi, radi, tufani, giza, kiza, umande, hewa, theluji [show all] , kiberiti, arusi, harusi, talaka, baba, dada, yatima, jamaa, fahali, farasi, baghala, bata, tai, samaki, papa, simba, dubu, ngamia, mdudu, damu, titi, jasho, -jamii, hai, maiti, kaburi, dhaifu, afya, homa, usaha, dawa, sumu, njaa, -kaba, birika, bakuli, sahani, tasa, gudulia, tini, zabibu, lozi, zeituni, pilipili, asali, sukari, jibini, siagi, sufu, kitani, hariri, maharazi, joho, suruali, kofia, sabuni, hema, sakafu, dohani, mshumaa, rafu, hori, tofali, bustani, mfereji, nafaka, shayiri, tumbaku, ndizi, kazi, kamba (2), -kata, mkasi, makasi, seremala, msumari, -subu, dhahabu, fedha, shaba, risasi, kikapu, zulia, sanamu, -rudi, daraja, nira, kafi, usukani, bandari, -miliki, -haribu, -tafuta, sarafu, tajiri, maskini, -dai, deni, -ajiri, mshahara, soko, duka, bei, ghali, baada, kabla, mahali, kilele, karibu, mashariki, magharibi, kaskazini, kusini, kulabu, msalaba, mraba, mstari, sifuri, sita, saba, tisa, ishirini, mia, elfu, -hesabu, zaidi, umati, sehemu, nusu, jozi, wakati, umri, sasa, haraka, tayari, abadani, tena, asubuhi, adhuhuri, alasiri, saa, juma, Alhamisi, Ijumaa, majira, ladha, -tamu, laini, baridi, safi, roho, bahati (njema), -furahi, -tabasamu, -busu, huzuni, wasiwasi, -juta, huruma, -kasirika, aibu, -thubutu, jasiri, -jasiri, hatari, -taka, -tumaini, -tumai, -samehe, sahihi, lawama, sifa, akili, -fikiri, -dhani, -amini, -fahamu, -kisi (2), dhana, hekima, mwalimu, -sahau, wazi, siri, hakika, nia, sababu, shaka, -shuku, -haini, lazima, rahisi, -jaribu, au, sauti, -sema, -simulia, hotuba, lugha, -jibu, -kiri, -ahidi, -kataa, -soma, karatasi, kalamu, kitabu, -tawala, malkia, raia, huru, -amuru, -tii, -ruhusu, rafiki, adui, jirani, -saidia, salama, jeshi, askari, silaha, bunduki, mnara, sheria, mahakama, -hukumu, hukumu, hakimu, shahidi, -shtaki, -shitaki, hatia, adhabu, asherati, uasherati, dini, hekalu, -abudu, -sali, -hubiri, -bariki, jahanamu, kisirani, bomba, serikali, rais, raisi, waziri, miwani, karakana, sigara, anwani, bila, kuma, chai, kahawa, tohara, sonobari, kambi, kamba (1), mtama, maisha, kufuli, -hasiri, kanisa, msikiti, ulimwengu, mtaa, duara, dhoruba, dharuba, nuru, ami, amu, uyabisi, dhakari, tiba, maradhi, sufuria, dusumali, chokaa, ndimu, ala, zana, sherisi, jamvi, -nakshi, -nakishi, merikebu, jahazi, -rejea, -hifadhi, -jeruhi, uzani, bahili, ushuru, -baki, -dhuru, -dumu, alfajiri, harufu, kelele, ukelele, hasira, busara, dhahiri, kusudi, dhamira, -tuhumu, husuda, hasada, uhasidi, fahari, shujaa, barabara (2), sawa, stadi, -saliti, kama, baragumu, siwa, mila, kahaba, kadhi, yamini, madhabahu, kafara, kasisi, -laani, mbinguni, motoni, jini, shetani, msala, jinai, binamu, dhuria, zinaa, masine, shehe, shekh, sheik, mara, kila, hali, biashara, -salimu, amri, sitara, stara, kanzu, barakoa, -kalibu, Mola, mali, mwali, muda, popoo, Manga, -himili, Hindi, -ishi, -badili, shairi, -halifu, -hutubu, sultani, hofu, mtama	16	bara, bahari, mdudu, njaa, lozi, msumari, wakati, tayari, bunduki, hakimu [show all] , waziri, kufuli, msikiti, jahazi, siwa, kahaba
Sambaa	4	tambiko, muhanga, -jigamba, -kemea	0
South Cushitic	3	maziwa, -suka, mtama	0
Malay	1	kiazi	2	seremala, ngalawa
Cantonese	0		1	tufani
Persian	77	mama, tandu, kasa, paja, chungu (1), haragwe, pamba, sindano, -chana, barabara (1) [show all] , gurudumu, bwana, malaya, boma, -kodi, balungi, baba, babu, bahari, bahati (njema), bandari, bara, barabara (2), barafu, barakoa, bata, bibi, bunduki, bustani, chai, cheti, dada, desturi, dirisha, duka, dusumali, gari, hodari, jahazi, jamvi, joho, kahaba, kaka, kamba (2), karakana, kazi, kilele, kitani, mbuzi, mdudu, meza, msikiti, msumari, namna, nanga, ndimu, ngano, ngano, ngano, njaa, pilipili, popoo, rangi, serikali, sherisi, simu, siwa, stadi, suruali, tasa, tayari, tofali, tufani, tufe, tumbaku, wazi, waziri	12	tasa, joho, dirisha, bustani, bandari, bahati (njema), desturi, serikali, karakana, dusumali [show all] , barabara (2), stadi
Tamil	0		2	shela, manjano
Chinese	2	chungwa, chenza	0
Latin	0		1	askari
Turkish	0		1	tufe
Neo-Latin	1	mbetula	0
East Turkic	1	-kubwa	0
Nyamwezi	2	kangara, mbuga	0
French	1	shamba	2	divai, gazeti

As donor languoid

The map shows Swahili in blue and the recipient languages that borrowed from it in red.

List of recipient languages that borrowed words from Swahili
Recipient language	Words borrowed from Swahili
name	immediate		earlier
[help] Recipient language These are the names of recipient languages that borrowed words directly or indirectly from this languoid.	[help] Number of direct loanwords This is the number of words that the donor languoid contributed directly to this recipient language.	[help] Direct loanwords These are (some of) the direct loanwords (or calques) from this donor languoid into the recipient language.	[help] Number of indirect loanwords This is the number of words that the donor languoid contributed indirectly, i.e. via another, intermediate donor languoid, to this recipient language.	[help] Indirect loanwords These are (some of) the indirect loanwords (or calques) from this donor languoid into the recipient language.
Iraqw	142	kisiwa, bara, bahari, barafu, hali ya hewa, kibiriti, talaka, mifugo, farasi, bata [show all] , ngamia, mdudu, kimulimuli, daktari, kiazi, kiazi, kaanga, sufuria, kopo, sahani, uma, mkate, supu, sukari, divai, pilipili, usi, gauni, koti, shati, kola, suruali, soksi, kofia, kifungo, pete, taulo, sabuni, hema, chumba, funguo, dirisha, sakafu, kiti, meza, taa, mshumaa, matofali, blangeti, mfereji, ngano, shayiri, mchele, nazi, mlimau, muhogo, miwa, msumari, makasi, fundi, nyundo, dhahabu, gilasi, rangi, kupiga rangi, barabara, gari, gari, meli, pesa, kodi, mnada, duka, mpira, saa, wiki, shule, (ku)soma, karatasi, kalamu, kitabu, filimbi, askari, bunduki, (ku)shtaki, faini, jela, dini, padri, kanisa, redio, hospitali, serikali, posta, gazeti, chay, simu, baisikeli, basi, ndege, umeme, breki, mashine, mashini, aya, dawa, sindano, miwani, rais, waziri, polisi, liseni, kosa, uchaguzi, namba, stempu, barua, (posti)kadi, benki, sinki, choo, godoro, debe, chupa, plastiki, kiwanda, sigara, kalenda, filamu, musiki, kahawa, gari la moshi, injini, petroli, oili, anwani, mtaa, bisibisi, bomu, pona, kishida, marinda, noti	0
Seychelles Creole	19	mtoto, u-, kasuku, sungula, kivunjajungu, meno, pumbu, bilingani, chengelele, jengelele, cakula [show all] , tembo, madoido, konsi, konzi, pakaca, kikapo, kaca-kaca, koma, tumbo ?, madahiro	0