[quote=@ghastlyInc]
ok. I'm going to pop in here because I had asked about this before:
A neighboring country is specifically french themed. 
Secondly, there is a big difference between a person knowing a language from a neighboring country vs knowing colloquialisms from half a world away. 
I think you and me, as English speakers, would be a bit surprised if I suddenly busted out my rich repository of Swahili slang terms. I mean seriously brother, do we have to bust out the bomba bomboms before things get rasmi here? Cause I just want things hamna noma man.
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Does it make sense for the character, in terms both of themes and motifs? Is your character a Fantasy stand-in for a Subsaharan African, wearing a grass skirt and a bone in his nose, whose use of Swahili would not disrupt the tone and atmosphere of his character?

If so, then if I even notice your use of Swahili then I will find it apt.

This roleplay has an [Anime/Manga] tab, and several anime [url=http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/StockJapaneseCharacters]stock characters[/url]. I therefore decided I was content with using an anime cliché that is two-words long and otherwise a totally disposable mannerism. (And which is lost in translation, so it would have been even more awkward if I tried to find an English equivalent. What was he supposed to do; say the word "siiiigh" out loud? I'm taking suggestions here.)