[Tex-Con-Man]

It is Arabic...Swahili uses english characters.

Snopes has it correct...

http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/photos/kenyasign.asp

[melancholy]

So is Wiki, apparently.

“The earliest known documents written in Swahili are letters written in Kilwa in 1711, in the Arabic alphabet.”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swahili_language

It’s not unheard of to write Swahili in Arabic letters. In fact, the word Swahili comes from the plural of the Arabic word “Sahel” = coast and the plural is “Swahil” = coasts.

Now, the noun that doubles up as an adjective is the Arabic word “Swahili” = coastal or a male who lives on or near a coast.

Swahili language is derived from Arabic to start with.

I hope this helps.

[ml/nj]

Snopes has it correct...

Weren't they the ones that said some Dr. Gates delivered Bamie?

ML/NJ