Swahili
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Written in the latin script. Uses SVO word order with agglutinative morphology. Notable features include pronoun dropping.
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TanzaniaKenyaUgandaRwandaDemocratic Republic of the Congo
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Word order SVO
Adjective after noun
Numeral after noun
Adposition preposition
Def. article yes
Indef. article no
Pro-drop yes
Tonal no
Gender yes
Noun cases no