Swahili people

E257982
Bantu people ethnic group

The Swahili people are a Bantu ethnic group native to the East African coast, historically known as maritime traders and cultural intermediaries blending African, Arab, and Persian influences.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Swahili people canonical 13
Swahili civilization 1
Swahili culture 1

Statements (72)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
ancestry Bantu peoples ⓘ
architectureMaterial coral stone ⓘ
architectureStyle Swahili architecture ⓘ
colonialHistory British Empire ⓘ
German East Africa ⓘ
Oman ⓘ
surface form: Omani Sultanate

Portuguese Empire ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Comoros ⓘ
Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
Kenya ⓘ
Mozambique ⓘ
Oman ⓘ
Somalia ⓘ
Tanzania ⓘ
Uganda ⓘ
cuisine Swahili cuisine ⓘ
culturalInfluence African culture ⓘ
Arab culture ⓘ
Persian culture ⓘ
culturalPractice Swahili poetry ⓘ
dhows sailing ⓘ
storytelling ⓘ
culturalRegion Swahili Coast ⓘ
surface form: Coastal East Africa
demographicRole one of the largest ethnic groups in coastal Kenya ⓘ
one of the major coastal groups in Tanzania ⓘ
economicActivity craft production ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
trade ⓘ
ethnonym Swahili language ⓘ
surface form: Waswahili
heritageSite Lamu ⓘ
surface form: Lamu Old Town

Kilwa Kisiwani ⓘ
surface form: Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani

Songo Mnara ⓘ
surface form: Ruins of Songo Mnara

Stone Town ⓘ
surface form: Stone Town of Zanzibar
historicalRole Indian Ocean trade network ⓘ
surface form: Indian Ocean traders

cultural intermediaries ⓘ
maritime traders ⓘ
historicalWritingSystem Arabic alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Arabic script
language Swahili language ⓘ
languageFamily Bantu languages ⓘ
legalTradition Sharia ⓘ
surface form: Islamic law
majorReligionIntroducedBy Arab traders ⓘ
maritimeTechnology dhow ⓘ
music Ngoma ⓘ
Taarab ⓘ
nativeTo Comoros ⓘ
East African coast ⓘ
Kenya ⓘ
Lamu ⓘ
surface form: Lamu Archipelago

Mozambique ⓘ
Somalia ⓘ
Tanzania ⓘ
Zanzibar ⓘ
region Swahili Coast ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
Sunni Islam ⓘ
religiousBuilding mosque ⓘ
tradeGoods gold ⓘ
ivory ⓘ
slaves ⓘ
spices ⓘ
textiles ⓘ
tradeNetwork Indian Ocean trade ⓘ
traditionalHousing stone houses ⓘ
thatched houses ⓘ
urbanCenters Kilwa Kisiwani ⓘ
Lamu ⓘ
Mombasa ⓘ
Zanzibar City ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mombasa → ethnicGroup → Swahili people ⓘ
Zanzibar → ethnicGroup → Swahili people ⓘ
Swahili Coast → ethnicGroup → Swahili people ⓘ
Sabaki languages → areSpokenBy → Swahili people ⓘ
Coast Province, Kenya → ethnicGroup → Swahili people ⓘ
Kiamu → hasEthnicGroup → Swahili people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swahili people of Lamu
Mvita → associatedWithEthnicGroup → Swahili people ⓘ
Comorians → relatedEthnicGroup → Swahili people ⓘ
Mijikenda → neighboringGroups → Swahili people ⓘ
Ali Kiba → ethnicGroup → Swahili people ⓘ
Husuni Ndogo → associatedWith → Swahili people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swahili civilization
Lindi Region → hasEthnicGroup → Swahili people ⓘ
Omani Empire → ethnicGroup → Swahili people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swahili peoples
Shirazi → associatedWith → Swahili people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swahili culture
Shirazi → relatedGroup → Swahili people ⓘ
Abdulrazak → ethnicGroup → Swahili people ⓘ
subject surface form: Abdulrazak Gurnah
East African art → associatedWithPeople → Swahili people ⓘ