Swahili substratum would have been prevalent in Benadiri dialects if that were the case but all we have is Somali dialects. Swahili is only spoken by a small group in Barawe (another Somali name lol) which shows Swahili was an insignificant language in Somalia. Ibn Batuta did not see any Swahili being spoken in Xamar.
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