language name SwahiliLanguage nativename Kiswahili, states flag Burundi br flag Comoros as Comorian ... swc Congo Swahili ref speakers2 40 million second language L2 speakers ref name ethn familycolor Niger ... legend 055B00 Coastal areas where Swahili or Comorian is the indigenous language, legend 1A841A official or national language, legend 5CD65C and trade language. As a trade language, Swahili extends ... ref known in Swahili itself as Kiswahili is a Bantu languages Bantu language spoken by various ... million. ref Irele 2010 ref Swahili serves as a national language national , or official language ... . ref http wikisource.org wiki Baba yetu ref Swahili is a Bantu languages Bantu language that serves ... Swahili vocabulary is derived from Arabic language Arabic through more than twelve centuries of contact ... the last five centuries. Swahili has become a second language spoken by tens of millions in three ... Zambia , Malawi , and Mozambique. ref Nurse & Thomas Spear 1985 The Swahili br ref and the language ... is the Swahili word for the Swahililanguage, and this is also sometimes used in English. The name ... , is adapted from Arabic s il . Kiswahili refers to the Swahililanguage Waswahili refers to the people ... sounds which are not distinguished in pronunciation outside of traditional Swahili areas. The language ... language, such as in Nairobi. In places where Standard Swahili is not commonly used, concord ... of Barawa on the southern coast of Somalia. Whether Chimwiini is Swahili or a distinct language ... Swahili , especially the variety spoken in the south. Sheng language Sheng a street patois that blends ... to allow them to state exactly when and where either the Swahililanguage or the Swahili culture ... settled the Zanzibar Archipelago , helping spread both Islam and the Swahililanguage and culture ... a single local language which they hoped the natives would find acceptable. Swahili was the only ..., increased their resolve to institute Swahili as a common language for primary education and low level ... more details
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Expand Swahili Wikipedia ya Kiswahili date August 2011 Use mdy dates date August 2010 Infobox website name Wiki favicon Swahili Wikipedia screenshot logo File Wikipedia logo v2 sw.png 140px caption url http sw.wikipedia.org sw.wikipedia.org commercial No location Miami, Florida Miami , Florida type Internet encyclopedia project languageSwahililanguageSwahili registration Optional owner Wikimedia Foundation author The Swahili Wikipedia lang sw Wikipedia ya Kiswahili is the Swahililanguage edition of Wikipedia . It is currently one and the first of the only four language editions of Wikipedia ... by language group ref It is the second largest language edition of Wikipedia in a Niger Congo or Nilo Saharan language, after the Yoruba Wikipedia . It was mentioned on 27 August 2006 in International Herald Tribune and New York Newsday articles on the struggles of smaller Wikipedia language editions ... the creation of articles in the Swahili Wikipedia. ref http www.google.com events kiswahili wiki Kiswahili Wikipedia Challenge, sponsored by Google ref On 20 June 2009, the Swahili Wikipedia gave its ... wiki List of Wikipedias ref References reflist External links sw icon sw Swahili Wikipedia sw icon http sw.m.wikipedia.org Swahili Wikipedia mobile version http stats.wikimedia.org EN TablesWikipediaSW.htm Statistics for Swahili Wikipedia by Erik Zachte Wikipedias African Wikipedias Use dmy dates date September 2011 Category Swahili Category Wikipedias by language Wikipedia stub swahili stub af Swahili Wikipedia ar cv es Wikipedia en suajili eu Swahilizko Wikipedia fa fr Wikip dia en swahili ko hi ... simple Swahili Wikipedia sk Swahilsk Wikip dia sr sv Swahilispr kiga Wikipedia ta th tr Swahili Vikipedi vi Wikipedia ti ng Swahili zh ... more details
Swahili literature is, generally speaking, literature written in the Swahililanguage particularly by Swahili ... written by people who write in Swahililanguage. It is an offshoot of the Bantu peoples Bantu culture. The first literary works date back to the beginning of the 18th century, when all Swahili literature ... for recording Swahililanguage. Characteristics Swahili literature has been an object of research ... on those researches as a few scholars tried to establish a canon of Swahili writing ref Knappert, Jan 1980 The canon of Swahili literature B.C. Bloomfield ed. , Middle East Studies and Libraries. London, 1980, 85 102. ref . One of the main characteristics of the Swahili literature is the relative Swahililanguage Dialects heterogeneity of the Swahililanguage . One can find works written ... format RTF accessdate 2006 09 26 ref . Because of this orientalist exploration and interest in the Swahili culture and language, most of the theses made on the Swahili literature have been done outside ... format PDF http www.cbm tz.org swahili index.html African Language Library free online Swahili .... Reprinted in Habari, vol 18 3 , 198 . The Political Culture of LanguageSwahili, Society and the State ... from the year 1652 to be the earliest Swahili written text. Starting in the 19th century, List ... are considered varieties of Swahili. ref cite web title The Heterogeneity of Swahili Literature publisher ... khamis.pdf search 22 22swahili 20literature 22 22 format PDF accessdate 2006 09 26 ref Swahili ... book last Mazrui first Alamin coauthors Ibrahim Noor Shariff year 1996 month title The Swahili. Idiom and Identity of an African People publisher location id pages 95 97 ref . In fact, Category Swahili poetry Swahili poetry has produced many secular works by such poets as Muyaka bin Ghassany and Muhammad Kijuma ref cite web title Islam, language and ethnicity in Eastern Africa Some literary considerations ... Aristote ? de Ebahim Hussein , in Alternatives th trales n 48, p.64. fr icon ref . Classification Swahili ... more details
Swahili culture is the culture of the Swahili people living on the east coast of Tanzania , Kenya , and Mozambique as well as on the islands in the area, from Zanzibar to Comoros , who speak SwahililanguageSwahili as their native language. Swahili culture is the product of the complex history of East Africa , that has been influenced by Middle Eastern, Arab, European and Asian cultures. As with the Swahililanguage, swahili culture has a Bantu languages Bantu core that has been modified by those foreign influences. History Swahili culture and language began to take form around the 10th century ... used in food because most of the Swahili are Muslim. ref name Mwambo http www.mwambao.com dishes.htm Dishes , Mwambo.com Retrieved on 2009 04 01 ref Some food items common in everyday lives of the Swahili are fish, tropical fruits, and exotic spices. Arts and crafts Another cultural aspect of the Swahililanguage is their use of arts and crafts, which the Swahili find significance in. When creating ... in swahililanguage with melodies and orchestration are of Arab and Indian influence although Western ... Ocean . Beginning in Kenya and Tanzania, the swahili culture eventually spread to Mozambique . ref http web.archive.org web 20071029015303 http whc.unesco.org exhibits afr rev africa k.htm Swahili Culture ... Kilwa , Malindi , Gedi , Pate Island Pate , Comoros , and Zanzibar . These early Swahili city states ... toc people Swahili.html Swahili Information . Art & Life in Africa . 1998. The University of Iowa ... Portuguese s advent. Eventually, Swahili trading centers went out of business and commerce between ... SWAHILI.HTM Civilizations in Africa The Swahili Kingdoms . 1997. Washington State University. Retrieved on 2009 04 01 ref Aspects of Swahili culture are diverse due to its many origins when it first developed. For example, Swahili cuisine has influences from Indian, Arabic, and European cultures ... influences can be seen in Swahili art, furniture, and architecture. ref name Mwambo They do not often ... more details
Swahili Nation was a Sweden based Swahililanguage Rhythm and blues R&B and Hip hop music Hip hop music group. The group was started in the 1990s by Kenyan brothers Andrew Muturi and Robert Muturi and the Tanzania n Cool James . In 1992, after Cool James went solo, the group was joined by the Uganda ns Ken Kayongo and Charlie King Todwong . Nigeria n born Dr. Alban signed them up with his Sweden based Dr Records in 1996. Singer Wayne Beckford Wayne Tatz Beckford from London joined the group. They produced the singles Malaika , Nyama , and Hakuna Matata , for which they received a nomination to Channel O Music Awards in South Africa . Through the popularity of Hakuna Matata in East Africa , Swahili Nation had a big influence on the use of Swahililanguage in R&B and Hip hop. References http www.eastandard.net archives cl mags pulse articles.php?articleid 14608&date 4 3 2005 Where are they now? http www.kampalalive.com 2005 22 swahilly.html Swahilly Nation External links http www.ugee.com index.php?option com seyret&task videodirectlink&id 548&Itemid 219 Swahili Nation Pole Music Video Category Tanzanian musical groups Category Kenyan musical groups Category Swedish musical groups Category Ugandan musical groups Category Article Feedback 5 ... more details
of Gedi Kenya.html Ruins of the walled city of Gedi, Kenya ref Sources reflist See also Swahililanguage ...infobox ethnic group group Swahili br Waswahili image Image Swahili.jpg 165 220 poptime 1,328,000 popplace Dar es Salaam Tanzania , Kenya , Mozambique , Comoros rels Islam langs SwahililanguageSwahili related Kikuyu people , Makonde , Shirazi http www.africa.upenn.edu NEH neh.html The Swahili people ... and the islands of Kenya , Tanzania and north Mozambique . According to JoshuaProject, the Swahili number in at around 1,328,000. ref http www.joshuaproject.net peoples.php?rop3 109644 Swahili people listing JoshuaProject, Retrieved on 2007 08 28 ref The name Swahili is derived from the Arabic language Arabic word Sawahil , meaning coastal dwellers , and they speak the Swahililanguage . Only a small fraction of those who use Swahili are first language speakers and even fewer are ethnic Swahilis. Definition The Swahili are Bantu peoples Bantu inhabitants on the coast of East Africa, in Kenya ... language . ref name millermintz http www.uiowa.edu africart toc people Swahili.html ref This also extends ... loan words from Arabic and Persian language Persian . ref Gilbert. http www.historycooperative.org ... centralized urbanization developing into what would later become known as the Swahili City States ... File Jilbab in Zanzibar cropped .jpg thumb An Afro Arab Swahili woman from Zanzibar in Islamic dress ... to form a unique Swahili identity. The Swahili follow a very strict and orthodox form of Islam ... the Swahili form a majority. ref http zanzibar.net music culture festivals events religious festivals eid ul fitr ref Further, large numbers of Swahili undertake the Hajj and Umrah from Tanzania, ref ... Islamic dress such as the jilbab and thob are also popular among the Swahili. In addition to more orthodox practices, the Swahili also are known for their use of divination, which has adopted some syncretic ... , many Swahili men wear protective amulets around their necks, which contain verses from the Koran ... more details
The Swahili Coast refers to the coast or coastal area of East Africa inhabited by the Swahili people , mainly Kenya , Tanzania , and north Mozambique . The term may also include the islands such as Zanzibar , Pate Island Pate or Comoros which lie off the Swahili Coast. The major settlements of the Swahili Coast include Lamu Malindi Mombasa Tanga, Tanzania Tanga Pangani Bagamoyo Dar es Salaam Zanzibar Pemba Island Pemba Mafia Island Comoros Mayotte Sofala Quelimane coord missing Kenya Category East Africa Category Landforms of Kenya Category Landforms of Tanzania Category Landforms of Mozambique AfricaE geo stub fr C te swahilie ... more details
Taxobox name Swahili Sparrow image Passer suahelicus2.jpg image caption Adult at a bird feeder at Masai Mara National Reserve , Kenya status LC status system IUCN3.1 status ref ref name iucn IUCN id 149113 taxon Passer suahelicus assessors BirdLife International assessment year 2009 version 2010.2 accessdate 22 July 2010 ref regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Bird Aves ordo Passerine Passeriformes subordo Passeri infraordo Passerida superfamilia Passeroidea familia sparrow Passeridae genus Passer species P. suahelicus binomial Passer suahelicus binomial authority Anton Reichenow Reichenow , 1904 The Swahili Sparrow Passer suahelicus is a passerine bird of the sparrow family biology family Passeridae. It lives in the savanna of southern Kenya and Tanzania . ref name iucn Until recently, it was usually treated as a subspecies of the Northern Grey headed Sparrow Passer griseus , which it hybridizes with in southern Tanzania and possibly elsewhere. References reflist External links commons inline Passer suahelicus Passeridae Category Passer Category Birds of Kenya Category Birds of Tanzania Category Animals described in 1904 Passeroidea stub zh min nan Passer suahelicus de Suahelisperling eo Svahila pasero fr Moineau swahili it Passer suahelicus ... more details
Infobox musical artist name Swahili Blonde image caption image size background group or band genre Alternative rock , afro beat , experimental rock origin Los Angeles , California , United States years active 2009 present label Manimal Vinyl br Neurotic Yell associated acts WEAVE , John Frusciante , Duran Duran , Warpaint band The Like website http www.myspace.com swahiliblonde http www.myspace.com swahiliblonde current members Nicole Turley br Laena Geronimo Myers Ionita br John Taylor bass guitarist John Taylor br Stella Mozgawa br Michael Quinn br Alan Myers past members Swahili Blonde is an Experimental music experimental musical project formed in Los Angeles , California in 2009. Founded by former WEAVE drummer and vocalist Nicole Turley, violinist and bassist Laena Myers Ionita, Duran Duran bassist John Taylor bass guitarist John Taylor and multi instrumentalists Stella Mozgawa and Michael Quinn. Swahili Blonde also worked with former Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist John Frusciante , who provided guitar on Man Meat and several singles, amongst its contributors. Swahili Blonde is currently signed to Manimal Vinyl . They have made their live debut at The Echo Club in Los Angeles on July 10, 2010. ref http www.invisible movement.net 2009 11 swahili blonde nicole turley and john frusciante to release a digital single later this month ref The band utilizes disorientating chord progressions and obscure rhythms, with songs featuring a variety of instruments. The live band line up features Nicole Turley, Laena Geronimo Myers Ionita , Michael Quinn, Dante Adrian White Aliano, Alan Myers, Arianna Basco, and Heather Cvar. Swahili Blonde s first digital single, entitled Elixor Fixor was released on iTunes on December 13, 2009, with a second, Dr. Teeth , released in March 2010. The project s debut album, Man Meat , was released on August 3, 2010. ref http www.invisible movement.net 2010 04 man meat out on 06th july dr teeth single out now on itunes 2 ref Discography Studio ... more details
Swahili people Swahili architecture is a style of building along the eastern and southeastern coasts of Africa. Though essentially of Arab ic or Persia n style and origin archaeological, written, linguistic, and cultural evidence also suggests strong African influence and sustainment. ref http www.pbs.org wonders Episodes Epi2 2 wondr2.htm Wonders of the African World The Swahili People ref There is evidence of enduring Arabic and Islamic influence in the form of trade, inter marriage, and an exchange of ideas. ref http www.forumcityusa.com viewtopic.php?t 77&mforum africa East African Coastal Historical Towns Asiatic or African? by Jacob L. Kimaryo 2000 ref Archaeologist Felix Chami notes the presence of Bantu peoples Bantu settlements along the East Africa n coast as early as the beginning of the 1st millennium . They evolved gradually from the 6th century onward to accommodate for an increase in trade, population growth, and further centralized urbanization. ref African Archaeological Review, Volume 15, Number 3, September 1998 , pp. 199 218 20 ref Architectural elements included arches, courtyards, isolated women s quarters, the mihrab , towers, and decorative elements on the buildings themselves. The ruins at Great Zimbabwe National Monument Great Zimbabwe show some similarities to this coastal style, and also to ancient Madagascan elements such as the phallic tower and the perimeter wall. Many ruins may also still be observed near the southern Kenyan port of Malindi in the ruins of Gedi the lost city of Gede Gedi . ref http www.portcities.org.uk london server show conMediaFile.4163 Ruins of the walled city of Gedi Kenya.html Ruins of the walled city of Gedi, Kenya ref References Reflist See also Malindi Dar es Salaam Zanzibar Pillar tomb The King Post Nairobi Category Architectural styles Category African architecture Arch style stub ka ... more details
language Hebrew and the Bantu languages , which include SwahililanguageSwahili , Zulu language ...About the properties of language in general other uses Language disambiguation File Lakhovsky Conversation.jpg ... Cuneiform is one of the first known forms of written language , but spoken language is believed to predate writing by tens of thousands of years at least. Language may refer either to the specifically ... of such a system of complex communication. The scientific study of language in any of its senses ... salient examples, but natural language s can also be based on visual rather than auditory stimulus physiology stimuli , for example in sign language s and written language . Code s and other kinds of constructed language artificially constructed communication systems such as those used for programming language computer programming can also be called languages. A language in this sense is a system ... ultimately from Latin lingua , language, tongue , via Old French . ref name AHD cite encyclopedia title language encyclopedia The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language edition 3rd year 1992 location Boston publisher Houghton Mifflin Company ref When used as a general concept, language .... Language as a communication system is thought to be fundamentally different from and of much ... a finite number of elements. Language is thought to have originated when early hominids first started ... with an increase in brain volume, and many linguists see the structures of language as having evolved to serve specific communicative functions. Language is neurolinguistics processed in many ... Wernicke s area s. Humans language acquisition acquire language through social interaction in early childhood, and children generally speak fluently when they are around three years old. The use of language ... identity , social stratification and for social grooming and entertainment . The word language ... from sequences of words. Languages language change evolve and diversify over time, and the history ... more details
On Language was a regular column in the weekly New York Times Magazine on the English language discussing popular etymology , new or unusual usages, and other language related topics. The inaugural column was published on February 18, 1979 and it was a regular popular feature. Many of the columns were collected in books. Columnist and journalist William Safire was one of the most frequent contributors from the inception of the column until Safire s death in 2009. He wrote the inaugural On Language column in 1979. ref http www.nytimes.com 2009 10 11 magazine 11FOB onlanguage t.html New York Times On Language The Maven, Nevermore about Safire s legacy ref starting it with the greeting How do you do. This is a new column about language. In more than 30 years, he contributed more than 1300 installments to the column. Safire was succeeded by Ben Zimmer , who wrote the column until its final edition on February 25, 2011. ref http www.nytimes.com 2011 02 27 magazine 27fob onlanguage t.html New York Times On Language The Future Tense ref About the cancellation of the column, the incoming editor of New York Times Magazine Hugo Lindgren explained this and other changes to the magazine It is mine now. I m in charge. We re going to be doing some significant redesign work, and have a newish magazine by the end of January. The big thing is, I want to create a kind of new identity for the front of the book section. That doesn t mean that everything s being tossed out. We re looking at everything and evaluating what sort of fits. ref http nymag.com daily intel 2010 11 new times magazine editor hugo.html New York Magazine New Times Magazine Editor Hugo Lindgren on His Plans Big Subjects, More T, and the End of The Way We Live Now ref References Reflist External links http topics.nytimes.com topics features magazine columns on language index.html A collection of On Language columns published in The New York Times DEFAULTSORT On Language Category English language Category The New York ... more details
Infobox Language name Are states Papua New Guinea region Milne Bay Province , tip of Cape Vogel speakers 1,230 familycolor Austronesian fam2 Malayo Polynesian languages Malayo Polynesian fam3 Oceanic languages Oceanic fam4 Western Oceanic languages Western fam5 Papuan Tip languages Papuan Tip fam6 Kilivila nowrap Nuclear Papuan Tip fam7 Are Taupota languages Are Taupota fam8 Are languages Are iso3 mwc The Are language is an Austronesian language of the eastern Papua New Guinea n mainland, It s spoken by about 1,230 people. External links ethnologue mwc Category Nuclear Papuan Tip languages Category Languages of Papua New Guinea PapuaNewGuinea stub au lang stub fr Are langue hr Are jezik is Are ... more details
Infobox language name Then states CHN region Pingtang County , southern Guizhou speakers 15,000 date 1999 ethnicity familycolor Kradai fam2 Kam Sui languages Kam Sui iso3 tct The Then language zh also spelled T en and Ten is a Kam Sui language spoken in Pingtang County , southern Guizhou . References Reflist Bo, Wenze. 1997. Yanghuang yu yan jiu A Study of Yanghuang Then . Beijing Zhong yang min zu da xue chu ban she. External links http language.psy.auckland.ac.nz austronesian language.php?id 719 Then word list from the Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database Tai Kadai languages Category Languages of China Category Kam Sui languages tk lang stub fr T en ... more details
Infobox language name Nyamwezi region Tanzania speakers 980,000 date 2006 ethnicity Nyamwezi people Nyamwezi familycolor Niger Congo fam2 Atlantic Congo languages Atlantic Congo fam3 Benue Congo languages Benue Congo fam4 Bantoid languages Bantoid fam5 Bantu languages Bantu fam6 Northeast Bantu fam7 Takama fam8 Sukuma iso3 nym Nyamwezi SwahililanguageSwahili for of the Moon is a major Bantu language of central Tanzania . It forms a dialect continuum with Sukuma language Sukuma , but is more distinct from other neighboring languages. Category Northeast Bantu languages Category Languages of Tanzania sw Kinyamwezi ... more details
refimprove date October 2011 Infobox language name Comorian nativename Shikomor states Comoros and Mayotte region Throughout Comoros and Mayotte also in Madagascar and R union speakers 700,000 date 1993 date 2000 ethnicity familycolor Niger Congo fam2 Atlantic Congo languages Atlantic Congo fam3 Benue Congo languages Benue Congo fam4 Bantoid languages Bantoid fam5 Bantu languages Bantu fam6 Northeast Coast Bantu fam7 Sabaki languages Sabaki fam8 SwahililanguageSwahili lc1 zdj ld1 Ngazidja dialect ll1 none lc2 wni ld2 Ndzwani Anjouani dialect ll2 none lc3 swb ld3 Maore Comorian ll3 Shimaore lc4 wlc ld4 Mwali dialect ll4 none Comorian Shikomor is the most widely used language on the Comoros independent islands in the Indian Ocean , off Mozambique and Madagascar and Mayotte . It is a set of SwahililanguageSwahili dialects but with a much stronger Arabic language Arabic influence than standard Swahili. Each island has a different dialect that of Anjouan is called Shindzuani, that of Moh li Shimwali, that of Mayotte Shimaore dialect Shimaore , and that of Grande Comore Shingazija . No Official script official alphabet existed in 1992, but Arabic alphabet Arabic and Latin alphabet Latin scripts were both used. Shimasiwa is another name for Comorian, meaning language of islands . It is the language of Udzima wa ya Masiwa , the national anthem. Bibliography Ahmed Chamanga, Mohamed. 1992 Lexique Comorien shindzuani Fran ais . Paris L Harmattan. Ahmed Chamanga, Mohamed. 1997 Dictionnaire fran ais comorien dialecte Shindzuani . Paris L Harmattan. Johansen, Aimee. A History of Comorian Linguistics . in John M. Mugane ed. , Linguistic Typology and Representation of African Languages . Africa World Press. Trenton, New Jersey. External links ethnologue swb Maore Comorian ethnologue wlc Mwali Comorian ethnologue wni Ndzwani Comorian ethnologue zdj Ngazidja Comorian http www.chez.com shingazidja Shingazidja Category Languages of Comoros Category Swahiliswahili stub Comoros stub ... more details
Infobox language name Gweno nativename Kigweno states Tanzania region Kilimanjaro Region, Chaga area speakers 2,200 date 2006 ethnicity familycolor Niger Congo fam2 Atlantic Congo languages Atlantic Congo fam3 Benue Congo languages Benue Congo fam4 Bantoid languages Bantoid fam5 Bantu languages Bantu fam6 Northeast Bantu fam7 Chaga Taita fam8 Chaga languages Chaga iso3 gwe The Gweno are a Chaga ethnic and linguistic group based in the northernmost part of the Pare Mountains in the Kilimanjaro Region of Tanzania . In 2000 the ethnic Gweno population was estimated to number somewhere over 2,000, with their nearly extinct language spoken mostly by older adults, while younger Gweno have shifted to Asu language Tanzania Asu and SwahililanguageSwahili . ref http www.ethnologue.com show language.asp?code gwe ref References Reflist Sewangi, Seleman S. 2008 . Kigweno Msamiati wa Kigweno Kiswahili Kiingereza Gweno Swahili English Lexicon . ISBN 9987691161. DEFAULTSORT Gweno People Category Ethnic groups in Tanzania Category Indigenous peoples of East Africa Category Languages of Tanzania Category Chaga languages Nc lang stub Tanzania ethno group stub eo Gvenoj sw Wagweno ... more details
Infobox language name Pokomo nativename Kipfokomo states Kenya region Tana River District speakers 63,000 date 2007 ethnicity familycolor Niger Congo fam2 Atlantic Congo languages Atlantic Congo fam3 Benue Congo languages Benue Congo fam4 Bantoid languages Bantoid fam5 Bantu languages Bantu fam6 Northeast Coast Bantu fam7 Sabaki languages Sabaki iso3 pkb Pokomo Kipfokomo is a Bantu languages Bantu language spoken primarily along the East Africa n coast near Tana River in the Tana River District by the Pokomo people of Kenya . All adult speakers of Pokomo are bilingual in SwahililanguageSwahili , East Africa s lingua franca . There is high of lexical similarity between other languages like Mvita 63 , Amu 61 , Mrima 60 , Kigiryama 59 , Chidigo 58 or Bajun 57 . References references Category Languages of Kenya Category Northeast Coast Bantu languages ... more details
Bantu fam6 Northeast Coast Bantu fam7 Sabaki languages Sabaki fam8 SwahililanguageSwahili script ... languages. Mwani means people from the coast , and Kimwani refers to the Ki Mwani Language or language of the people from the coast . Sounds Kimwani similar to SwahililanguageSwahili is unusual among ... of SwahililanguageSwahili it has movable pitch accent . Labialization of consonants indicated ... Orthography Kimwani can be spelled in three ways using orthography similar to SwahililanguageSwahili ... spelling. Here are the differences class wikitable Kimwani spelling systems differences SwahililanguageSwahili spelling Modified spelling Portuguese language Portuguese spelling Translation align ...Infobox language name Mwani states flag Mozambique ref http www.ethnologue.com show language.asp?code wmw Ethnologue list of countries where Kimwani is spoken br ref speakers 1st language 100,000 2nd language ... Ethnologue Languages of the World edition 14th title Mwani a language of Mozambique accessdate November .... notice IPA The Mwani language , or Kimwani pronounced IPA sw ki mwani , is spoken on the coast ... high lexical similarity 60 with Swahili, it is not intelligible with it. It is spoken by around 120,000 people including 20,000 who use it as their second language . Speakers of Kimwani also use Portuguese language Portuguese , the official language of Mozambique , SwahililanguageSwahili and Makhuwa language. Kiwibo , the dialect of the Island of Ibo, Mozambique Ibo is the prestige dialect. Kimwani ... br ref Kimwani of northern Mozambique appears to be the result of imperfect shift towards SwahililanguageSwahili several centuries ago by speakers of Makonde language Makonde . Name Kimwani is the Kimwani word for the Kimwani language, and this is also used in English language English . Ki is a Prefix ... s IPA a , IPA e , IPA i , IPA o , and IPA u , that is its vowels are close to those of Spanish language Spanish and Latin language Latin . It does not have a distinction of Close mid vowel closed and Open ... more details
separate varieties of Digo, presumably as a consequence of language shift Nurse & Walsh 1992 . Orthography and literature Digo speakers usually write their language using an orthography based on the modified Roman alphabet that is used for standard SwahililanguageSwahili , with additional combinations ... , unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, UCLA. M hlig, W.J.G. 1992 . Language Death and the Origin of Strata Two Case Studies of Swahili Dialects , in M. Brenzinger ed. Language Death Factual and Theoretical ...Infobox language name Digo nativename Chidigo states Kenya , Tanzania region Mombasa District Mombasa and Kwale District Kwale districts in Kenya Muheza and Tanga, Tanzania Tanga districts in Tanzania ... fam8 Mijikenda language Mijikenda iso3 dig Digo Chidigo is a Bantu languages Bantu language spoken ... al. 2004 , the majority of whom are presumably speakers of the language. All adult speakers of Digo are bilingual in SwahililanguageSwahili , East Africa s lingua franca . The two languages are closely related, and Digo also has a lot of vocabulary borrowed from neighbouring Swahili dialects. Classification ... follow Nurse and Hinnebusch 1993 in classifying Digo as a dialect of Mijikenda language Mijikenda ... group, and is most closely related to its neighbours Duruma language Duruma and Rabai language Rabai ... varieties or dialects of their language. These are Chinondo Northern Digo , spoken along the south ... a local variety of the Vumba dialect of Swahili, but is now considered to be a variety of Digo in the process ... Language and Literacy Project of Bible Translation and Literacy East Africa . The project has ... Ethnologue and published a Digo English Swahili Dictionary using the new orthography Mwalonya et al .... Mwalonya, J., Nicolle, A., Nicolle S. & Zimbu, J. 2004 . Mgombato Digo English Swahili Dictionary . Nairobi BTL. Nurse, D. & Hinnebusch, T.J. 1993 . Swahili and Sabaki A Linguistic History University .... Nurse, D. & Walsh, M.T. 1992 . Chifundi and Vumba Partial Shift, No Death , in M. Brenzinger ed. Language ... more details
Infobox language name Fuliiru familycolor Niger Congo states Uganda and Democratic Republic of the Congo region East Africa Central Africa speakers 300,000 date 1999 fam2 Atlantic Congo languages Atlantic Congo fam3 Benue Congo languages Benue Congo fam4 Bantoid languages Bantoid fam5 Bantu languages Bantu fam6 Great Lakes Bantu fam7 Rwanda Rundi iso3 flr The Furiiru language is the language spoken by the Fuliiru people Fuliiru plural Bafuliiru people, also known as the Fuliru or Fulero , who live north and west of the town of Uvira in Uvira Territory, South Kivu province in the far eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo . They numbered an estimated 300,000 in 1999. ref name ethnologue http www.ethnologue.com show language.asp?code flr Fuliiru A language of Democratic Republic of the Congo , Ethnologue accessed 20 August 2009 ref The language spoken by the Konjo people is called, variously, Kifuliiru or Kifulero . It has a 77 lexical similarity with Mashi language Mashi and 90 similarity with Nyindu language Nyindu and Joba language Joba . The Bafuliiru also use SwahililanguageSwahili . ref name ethnologue References reflist Category Languages of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Category Rwanda Rundi languages nc lang stub DRCongo stub Africa ethno group stub fr Bafuliru sw Kifuliiru lugha ... more details
distinguish Mangbutu language Infobox language nativename Nemangbetu speakers 630,000 name Mangbetu region Democratic Republic of Congo Congo DRC familycolor Nilo Saharan fam2 Central Sudanic fam3 Eastern fam4 Mangbetu Asoa languages Mangbetu Asoa lc1 mdj ld1 Mangbetu ll1 none lc2 lmi ld2 Lombi ll2 none Mangbetu , or Nemangbetu, is one of the most populous of the Central Sudanic languages . It is spoken by the Mangbetu people of northeastern Congo. It, or its speakers, are also known as Amangbetu, Kingbetu, Mambetto. The most populous dialect, and the one most widely understood, is called Medje. Others are Aberu Nabulu , Makere, Malele, Popoi Mapopoi . The most divergent is Lombi Ethnologue treats it as a distinct language. About half of the population speaks Bangala language Bangala , a trade language similar to Lingala language Lingala , and in southern areas some speak SwahililanguageSwahili . The Mangbetu live in association with the Asua people Asua Pygmies, and Asoa language their languages are closely related. Category Central Sudanic languages Category Languages of the Democratic Republic of the Congo fr Mangbetu langue sw Kimangbetu lugha ... more details
Infobox language name Zaramo familycolor Niger Congo states Tanzania region Pwani Region speakers few fam2 Atlantic Congo languages Atlantic Congo fam3 Benue Congo languages Benue Congo fam4 Bantoid languages Bantoid fam5 Bantu languages Bantu fam6 Northeast Bantu fam7 Northeast Coast Bantu fam8 Ruvu dia1 dia2 script Latin script Latin iso3 zaj Zaramo is a Niger Congo language , formerly the primary tongue of the Zaramo people of eastern Tanzania . Today there are very few speakers, as the Zaramo population mainly use SwahililanguageSwahili instead. The language is also known as Zalamo , Kizaramo , Dzalamo , Zaramu , Saramo or Myagatwa . ref name Zaramo http www.ethnologue.com show language.asp?code zaj Ethnologue report for language code zaj ref The New Testament was published in the language in 1975. ref name Zaramo References references Category Northeast Coast Bantu languages Category Languages of Tanzania ... more details
Infobox language name Makonde nativename Chi ni makonde states Tanzania , Malawi region speakers 1,340,000 ethnicity Makonde people Makonde familycolor Niger Congo fam2 Atlantic Congo languages Atlantic Congo fam3 Benue Congo languages Benue Congo fam4 Bantoid languages Bantoid fam5 Bantu languages Bantu fam6 Rufiji Ruvuma languages Rufiji Ruvuma fam7 Ruvuma fam8 Makonde languages iso3 yao dia1 Matembwe script Latin script Latin Makonde is the language spoken by the Makonde people Makonde , an ethnic group in southeast Tanzania and northern Mozambique . Makonde is a central Bantu language closely related to Yao language Yao . The Matembwe dialect is divergent, and may not be Makonde. Chikungunya , the name of a mosquito borne viral fever, is derived from the Makonde word meaning that which bends up, after the disease was first identified on the Makonde plateau. The derivation of the term is generally falsely attributed to SwahililanguageSwahili . Citation needed date April 2010 External links Ethnologue kde Languages of Mozambique Category Rufiji Ruvuma languages nc lang stub bg de Chimakonde fr Makonde sw Kimakonde ja pms Lenga Makonde pt L ngua maconde ... more details
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