ISBN: 1397817432119 Swahili Phrasebook & Dictionary (1 items)

Lonely Planet Swahili Phrasebook & Dictionary
editor: Elin Berglund
ISBN-13: 9781743211960
ISBN-10: 1743211961
Publisher: Lonely Planet
Publication Date: August 2014
Edition: Fifth (5)
Paperback
3.7 x 5.5 inches, 264 pages

Extensive two-way dictionary; Vocabularly builder helps put the right words and phrases into your mouth; refreshed look and improved navigation
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Swahili, also known by its local name Kiswahili, is the native language of the Swahili people,
who are found primarily in Kenya, Tanzania and Mozambique (along the East African coast and
adjacent litoral islands). It is a Bantu language, though Swahili has borrowed a number of words from
foreign languages, particularly Arabic and Persian, but also words from Portuguese, English and German.
Around forty percent of Swahili vocabulary consists of Arabic loanwords, including the name of the
language. The loanwords date from the era of contact between Arab slave traders and the Bantu inhabitants of… Read more