<Tr> <Th> Guthrie code </Th> <Td> G. 42--43; G. 40. A--H (pidgins & creoles) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Linguasphere </Th> <Td> 99 - AUS - m </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> areas where Swahili or Comorian is the indigenous language official or national language as a trade language </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> This article contains IPA phonetic symbols . Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Unicode characters . For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help: IPA . </Td> </Tr>

Swahili is a combination of african and cultures