Swahili Village Bar and Grill

Location: 10800 Rhode Island Ave. Beltsville, MD 20705

Swahili Bar & Grill takes it name from the Swahili (Kiswahili) language.

“Kiswahili (Swahili) is a major Bantu language spoken in East Africa. There are an estimated 50,000,000 speakers, which makes it the most widely spoken language on the African continent. Approximately 2,000,000 people use Swahili as a home language. Swahili is an official language of Tanzania, and is a national language in Kenya and Uganda. Swahili is also spoken in a number of other countries in the region, including the DRC, Rwanda, Burundi, northern Mozambique and Somalia.” https://africanlanguages.com/kiswahili/

Photo credit: Swahili Village