• Although originally written with the Arabic script, Swahili is now written in a Latin alphabet introduced by Christian missionaries and colonial administrators.
  • However, there are certain English alphabets that do not exist in Swahili and there are a couple of Swahili alphabets that are not in English.
  • ...kahverengi dediğim an o kadar çok şaşırmıştı ki. daha sonra bu kelimenin onlardaki anlamının yani kiswahili bir diğer yazılışıyla swahili dilinde"mısır"...
  • And you can already guess that the word simba in Swahili means lion, but you will be surprised that a mamba is a crocodile rather than a snake.
  • Swahili is also spoken further inland, mainly as a second language, in Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
  • One way to overcome this obstacle is to talk to yourself in Swahili, but very slowly, to make sure that you have the correct grammar and pronunciation.
  • Indeed, it can be observed that Swahili in Kenya, Uganda, and other countries adopt a two-noun class type of Swahili, with M- WA...
  • But viewing Swahili heritage as primarily African or non-African is too simplistic; In fact, both perspectives are byproducts of colonialist biases.
  • Thus, Swahili people are accustomed to living with strangers in their midst, and they have frequently acted as “middlemen” in trade relations.
  • Swahili (plural Swahilis or Swahili). A member of various ethnic groups — mainly Bantu, Afro-Arab and Comorian — inhabiting the Swahili coast.