Swahili
lugha
LOO-gah
How to say it
SwahililughaLOO-gahsoon
Englishlanguagesoon
Frenchlanguesoon
Meaning
a language or dialect, a system of communication used by a community.
Good to know
Maarifa ya lugha means linguistics, the study of language.
Examples
- Kiswahili ni lugha ya taifa Tanzania.Swahili is the national language of Tanzania.
- Anazungumza lugha ngapi?How many languages does he speak?
- Sikujua lugha yao kabisa.I did not know their language at all.
- Watoto wanajifunza lugha mpya shuleni.The children are learning a new language at school.
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