<translate> The first is that Kiswahili is a pidgin, or creole, of Arabic and Bantu languages and that it came about when the Arabs came to Eastern Africa EA for trade purposes and began interacting with locals, who were Bantu speakers, in the 19th century. As author Francis Nesbitt writes: <swh>Ya kwanza ni kwamba Kiswahili ni pijini au krioli, ya lugha za Kiarabu na Kibantu na kwamba kilichimbuka pale Waarabu walipokuja Afrika Mashariki EA kwa madhumuni ya biashara na kuanza kuingiliana na wenyeji, ambao walikuwa wazungumzaji wa Kibantu, katika karne ya 19. Kama mwandishi Francis Nesbitt anavyoandika: 