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Which Bantu language, widely spoken in East Africa, is noted for its significant number of loanwords from Arabic?

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Swahili (Kiswahili)

Swahili developed as a lingua franca for trade along the East African coast, blending Bantu grammar with a vocabulary heavily influenced by centuries of contact with Arab traders. The name "Swahili" itself is derived from the Arabic word sawāḥil, which means "coasts."

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