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Swahili people

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 Islands.

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FukuchaniDaubSlagPersian GulfMkokotoni
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Overview

SwahiliBantuAfro-ArabComorianSwahili coast
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Comoros
4,000
Diaspora
c. 0.8 million
DRC
20,000-68,000
Kenya
56,074
Madagascar
113,000
Mozambique
22,000

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Swahili people

Nodes95
Edges94
Triples105
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.021053
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Swahili people

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related to Definition · 53
Swahili people → African Muslims, Arab, Arabs, Archaeological, Asian, Bantu, CE, Claims, Dar, DNA, East African, Extant, Fukuchani, In, Indian-Ocean, Islam, Islamic, Kenya, Kilwa Chronicle, Lamu
related to Genetics · 23
Swahili people → African, After, Arabian, Asian, Asian DNA, Asian/Near Eastern, Before, CE, DNA, In, Indian, It, Kenya, Kilwa Chronicle, Oman, Persian, Persian-related, Southern Arabia, Swahili, Swahili Coast
related to Religion · 16
Swahili people → African, Bantu, For, Hajj, Indian Ocean, Islam, Kenya, Large, Mozambique, Qur'an, Sunni, Swahili, Tanzania, The Swahili, Traditional Islamic, Umrah
Comoros · 1
Swahili people → 4,000
Diaspora · 1
Swahili people → c. 0.8 million
DRC · 1
Swahili people → 20,000-68,000
Kenya · 1
Swahili people → 56,074
Madagascar · 1
Swahili people → 113,000
Mozambique · 1
Swahili people → 22,000
Oman · 1
Swahili people → 100,000

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swahili african language coast kenya tanzania people bantu shirazi trade persian zanzibar mozambique century arabic islam east comoros coastal also

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Swahili peopleComoros4,0001.00infobox
Swahili peopleDiasporac. 0.8 million1.00infobox
Swahili peopleDRC20,000-68,0001.00infobox
Swahili peopleKenya56,0741.00infobox
Swahili peopleMadagascar113,0001.00infobox
Swahili peopleMozambique22,0001.00infobox
Swahili peopleOman100,0001.00infobox
Swahili peopleSaudi Arabia400,0001.00infobox
Swahili peopleSwahili Coast and archipelagosc. 1.2 million1.00infobox
Swahili peopleTanzania996,000[citation needed]1.00infobox
Swahili peopleUnited States90,0001.00infobox
Mkokotoniinstance ofThe similarity to contemporary sites0.80text

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