Swahili is an African language that incorporates words from a number of different languages, including Arabic and English. It is pronounced just as it is written.
baba: father
bati: corrugated iron
bibi: miss
bwana: mister or master
memsahib: mistress; pronounced msabu by some
mtoto: child
mzimu: dead person
ngoma: a ceremonial dance
nina itwa: I am called
nozuri: wondrous
panga: a broad-bladed knife
popo: bat
posho: maize porridge
shamba: farm
sobai (Masai): good morning
tumaini: hope
uhuru: freedom
wasiwasi: worries, troubles