Swa•hi•li(swä hē′lē),USA pronunciationn., pl.-lis, (esp. collectively) -li for 1.
Language Varietiesa member of a Bantu people of Zanzibar and the neighboring coast of Africa.
Language VarietiesAlso, Kiswahili, ki-Swahili. the Bantu language of the Swahili people, used also as a lingua franca in Tanzania, Kenya, and parts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.