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Swahili was a {{link|Prime|Humans||Human}} language originating<ref name="TOS06"/> along the eastern coast<ref name="Wikipedia"/> of {{link|Prime|Africa}}.<ref name="TOS06"/> Swahili was {{link|Prime|Starfleet Lieutenant||Lieutenant}} {{link|Prime|Nyota Uhura}}'s native language.<ref name="TOS37"/> She was very surprised to encounter another crewman aboard the {{link|Prime|U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701||U.S.S. ''Enterprise'' NCC-1701}} who spoke Swahili, though he turned out to be an {{link|Prime|M-113 creature}} in disguise.<ref name="TOS06"/> When Uhura lost her memories and had to be re-educated following an encounter with {{link|Prime|Nomad}}, she would lapse into Swahili whenever she grew frustrated with her lessons.<ref name="TOS37"/> When the {{link|Prime|Melkotians}} communicated {{link|Prime|telepathy||telepathically}} with the ''Enterprise'' crew, each person "heard" the message in their native language: {{link|Prime|English language||English}} for {{link|Prime|James T. Kirk||Kirk}}, {{link|Prime|Vulcan language||Vulcan}} for {{link|Prime|Spock}}, {{link|Prime|Russian language||Russian}} for {{link|Prime|Pavel Chekov||Chekov}}, and Swahili for Uhura.<ref name="TOS56"/>
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