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Diccionario Swahili-Español. [Swahili-Spanish Dictionary]

open access: yes, 2002
The Diccionario Swahili-Español is a learning tool for Spanish speaking Swahili students and linguists, created with the collaboration of linguists and lexicographers of the prestigious Latin American university that published it (el Colegio de Mexico ...
Githiora, Chege
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Swahili vs. English in Tanzania and the political discourse

open access: yesStudies in African Languages and Cultures, 2010
This paper deals with the role of Swahili and English in Tanzania. It gave examples of current language use illustrated by written records of middle class people’s verbal interaction.
Karsten Legère
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Documenting language shift and loss: Bajuni in Somalia

open access: yesLanguage Documentation and Description, 2018
This paper documents the drastic reduction to endangered status of the Bajuni dialect of Swahili in southern Somalia. The data and analysis indicate that the decline started in the 1960s. The data consists of recordings of official immigration interviews
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The development of reading tests for use in a regularly spelled language. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2000
Data are presented on the development of tests of reading skill in rural Tanzanian primary school pupils. Instruction in these schools is in Kiswahili, a regularly spelt language.
McGregor, S.   +8 more
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Swahili Grammar for Introductory and Intermediate Levels Sarufi ya Kiswahili cha Ngazi ya Kwanza na Kati

open access: yes
This comprehensive book is intended for university students and anyone interested in learning Standard Swahili grammar as spoken in the East African Community of Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda.
Almasi, Oswald.   +2 more
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Lazima in Swahili and Beyond: Accounting for the Double Transfer of a Strong Necessity Marker in East Africa

open access: yes
In this study I explore the transfer and further adaptation of Arabic lazima, first into Swahili and its many varieties and then from Swahili into several local language varieties spoken in East Africa.
Bernander, Rasmus,
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Translating Swahili multi-word expressions to English

open access: yes
Languages differ in how word clusters need to be treated as multi-word expressions. Translation is normally done on word-by-word basis, and in translating between closely related languages this method works in most cases. Translation between structurally
Hurskainen, Arvi
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Development and evaluation of the Digit Triplet Test in Swahili language

open access: yesSouth African Journal of Communication Disorders
Background: The development of a Digit Triplet Test in the Swahili language is an essential step towards providing accurate hearing assessment for Swahili-speaking populations. Objectives: This study aimed to develop a Digit Triplet Test in Swahili through a two-part procedure consisting of an optimisation phase and an evaluation phase using normal ...
Bjørn G. Rosendahl   +2 more
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Currencies of the Swahili World

open access: yes, 2018
This is the first volume to explore the Swahili in chronological perspective and it is part of the Routledge Worlds Series. Each chapter offers a wealth of detail on an aspect of the region's past.
Karin Pallaver
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