Eastern African language (7)

I believe the answer is:

swahili

(Other definitions for swahili that I've seen before include "An official language spoken in 15" , "heard in parts of Africa" , "Lingua franca of East Africa" , "Common language in East Africa" , "African people" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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