diff --git a/amethyst/src/main/res/values-sw-rTZ/strings.xml b/amethyst/src/main/res/values-sw-rTZ/strings.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index aadb21a0f8..0000000000
--- a/amethyst/src/main/res/values-sw-rTZ/strings.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<resources xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools">
-    <!-- A reply whose target was searched for across all reachable history and never found. -->
-    <!-- Reply subtitle when every relay genuinely bottomed out (no stalls) and it still wasn't there. -->
-    <!-- Call notifications and UI -->
-    <!-- Settings search -->
-    <!-- Settings search keywords: an English concept/protocol index that supplements the
-         (translated) row titles. Marked translatable="false" so protocol terms (blossom, nsec,
-         negentropy, …) stay searchable in every locale and aren't sent to translators. -->
-    <!-- Onchain zap send dialog -->
-    <!-- %1$s is replaced at runtime by an inline star icon, not text. Keep the placeholder. -->
-    <!-- Kind display names for relay subscription filter chips -->
-    <!-- M3 Action Dialog titles -->
-    <!-- LAN cast (Chromecast) feature -->
-    <!-- HLS multi-resolution video sharing -->
-    <!-- NIP-75 Zap Goals -->
-    <!-- NIP-86 Relay Management -->
-    <!-- Emoji packs -->
-    <!-- NIP-9B community rules composer-side validation. -->
-    <!-- Nowhere links (hostednowhere.com / nowhr.xyz). The site name "Nowhere" is a proper noun, do not translate. -->
-</resources>
diff --git a/amethyst/src/main/res/values-sw-rKE/strings.xml b/amethyst/src/main/res/values-sw/strings.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from amethyst/src/main/res/values-sw-rKE/strings.xml
rename to amethyst/src/main/res/values-sw/strings.xml
diff --git a/crowdin.yml b/crowdin.yml
index 2128afc240..a3a829e0ab 100644
--- a/crowdin.yml
+++ b/crowdin.yml
@@ -8,4 +8,17 @@ files:
   - source: amethyst/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
     translation: amethyst/src/main/res/values-%android_code%/%original_file_name%
     type: android
-    skip_untranslated_strings: true
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+    skip_untranslated_strings: true
+    # Land Kenyan Swahili (sw-KE) at the base qualifier so every Swahili speaker
+    # (incl. regions we don't target individually) gets full coverage instead of
+    # falling through to English.
+    # REQUIRED Crowdin UI changes (target languages live under Project Settings ->
+    # Languages), otherwise the next sync undoes this:
+    #   - keep "Swahili, Kenya" (sw-KE) checked  -> mapped here to values-sw
+    #   - UNCHECK base "Swahili" (sw): it is an empty target, and leaving it on
+    #     makes both sw and the mapped sw-KE write values-sw (collision).
+    #   - UNCHECK "Swahili, Tanzania" (sw-TZ): empty, else it recreates an empty
+    #     values-sw-rTZ.
+    languages_mapping:
+      android_code:
+        sw-KE: sw
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