Category:Swahili shortenings

Swahili terms that are shortened forms of other words or word combinations.

• Category:Swahili abbreviations: Swahili abbreviated words or groups of words.
• Category:Swahili acronyms: Swahili groups of words represented by parts pronounced together as single words.
• Category:Swahili clippings: Swahili words that were formed from another word by removing part of it, but without changing the part of speech.
• Category:Swahili contractions: Swahili shortened words or phrases, deriving from multiple words.
• Category:Swahili ellipses: Swahili terms that are shortened versions of longer expressions.
• Category:Swahili initialisms: Swahili groups of words represented by their beginning parts pronounced separately.
• Category:Swahili short forms: Swahili terms that are short forms of other terms, often used informally.