Wait that language was that Arabic?

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Swahili, the language Zecora was originally meant to speak in the show.

2704960 Wait Swahili is a real language? the only time I recall hearing that was from George of the jungle. "they only speak Swahili" campfire scene. What Region uses it?

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It's the official language of Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, and Comoros. Only about 5 million people in the world use it as their primary language, according to wikipedia, but it's a language that's been around for ages.

IIRC, the MLP team wanted Zecora to speak Swahili outside of her rhymes, but they were unable to find an official translator in time. The foreign language she uses in "Bridle Gossip" is just made-up gibberish. I went with Swahili for this fic to keep it true to her original character and to hopefully send a few readers to a translator for an "ah-ha!" moment.

2705059 thanks for the info.
Very admirable to take the time to be authentic, well done

2704950 Why would a Zebra speak Arabic??

6840140 dude i left that post over a year ago i can't remember.

That was really cute.