The Arabic word sawahili means "a language of the coast." Which of the following explains how this would relate to the Swahili language spoken today in Kenya, Tanzania, and northern Mozambique in eastern Africa?\
Kenya, Tanzania, and northern Mozambique all boarder the eastern coast of Africa. Sawahili in Arabic means "a language of the coast", and the Swahili language is spoken on the coastal countries of Kenya, Tanzania, and northern Mozambique.
A. As Muslim merchants traveled to Africa, they needed to communicate with people living along the coastal areas of the Indian Ocean in order to trade, and a lingua franca developed.
