Kiswahili

Voice Typing in Swahili

Swahili is Africa's most international language, serving as a lingua franca across East Africa. Its noun class system (with 18 classes!) and agglutinative verb structure create complex word forms that take time to type. Zavi AI handles Swahili's rich morphology — including the regional differences between Kenyan, Tanzanian, and Congolese Swahili — producing clean, grammatically correct text.

100+ million

Speakers worldwide

East Africa (Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda)

Primary regions

Script

Latin alphabet with straightforward phonetic spelling

Why Swahili Voice Typing Is a Game-Changer

Swahili is the most widely spoken African language and a lingua franca across East Africa. Here are the specific challenges Zavi AI solves for Swahili speakers:

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18 noun classes that govern agreement patterns across verbs, adjectives, and pronouns

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Agglutinative verb morphology with subject, tense, object, and extension markers

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Regional vocabulary differences between Kenyan, Tanzanian, and Congolese Swahili

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Code-switching with English (in Kenya) or French (in DRC) in everyday speech

How People Use Zavi for Swahili

East African business communication

Create professional Swahili content for Kenyan, Tanzanian, or pan-East African business audiences. Zavi handles the formal register correctly.

Swahili media and journalism

Journalists and content creators can dictate Swahili articles and scripts rapidly, with Zavi ensuring correct noun class agreements.

Swahili-English bilingual workflows

East African professionals commonly switch between Swahili and English. Zavi handles this code-switching naturally.

How Swahili Voice Typing Works

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Speak in Swahili

Open any app and tap the microphone on your Zavi keyboard. Speak naturally in Swahili (Kiswahili) — don't worry about fillers, pauses, or getting every word perfect.

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AI Polishes Your Swahili Text

Zavi's Zero-Prompting AI removes filler words, corrects grammar, adds punctuation, and handles Swahili-specific formatting — including latin alphabet with straightforward phonetic spelling.

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Translate or Keep in Swahili

Get your output in clean Swahili text, or instantly translate to English or any of 100+ other languages. Perfect for multilingual workflows across East Africa (Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda).

Swahili Voice Typing FAQ

Which Swahili dialect does Zavi support?

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Zavi supports standard Swahili (Kiswahili sanifu) and adapts to Kenyan, Tanzanian, and Congolese varieties.

Does Zavi handle Swahili noun classes?

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Yes. Zavi correctly handles Swahili's noun class agreement system, producing grammatically correct text across all 18 classes.

Can Zavi handle Sheng (Kenyan Swahili-English slang)?

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Zavi recognizes standard Swahili and common English code-switching. Support for Sheng and other urban varieties is continuously improving.

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