Swahili language (English Wikipedia)

"Vision and Mission of The National Kiswahili Council". The United Republic of Tanzania National Kiswahili Council. Archived from the original on 22 October 2020. Retrieved 13 October 2020.

bbc.co.uk

"A Guide to Swahili - 10 facts about the Swahili language". Archived from the original on 5 September 2017. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
"A Guide to Swahili – The Swahili alphabet". BBC. Archived from the original on 12 February 2020. Retrieved 25 December 2019.

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"'It's time we move from the coloniser's language'". BBC News. 17 February 2022.

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Nurse, Derek; Spear, Thomas (10 June 2017). The Swahili: Reconstructing the History and Language of an African Society, 800–1500. University of Pennsylvania Press. p. 50. ISBN 9781512821666.
Mulokozi, Mugyabuso M.; Sengo, Tigiti S. Y. (1995). History of Kiswahili Poetry, A.D. 1000–2000: A Report. Institute of Kiswahili Research, University of Dar es Salaam. ISBN 9789976911220. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
Derek Nurse; Thomas Spear; Thomas T. Spear (1985). The Swahili: Reconstructing the History and Language of an African Society, 800–1500. University of Pennsylvania Press. p. 65. ISBN 9780812212075. Archived from the original on 30 March 2021. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
Mwakikagile, Godfrey (2007). Kenya: identity of a nation. New Africa Press. p. 102. ISBN 978-0-9802587-9-0. Archived from the original on 23 March 2021. Retrieved 15 September 2017.

brill.com

Maho, Jouni Filip. "The online version of the New Updated Guthrie List, a referential classification of the Bantu languages" (PDF). brill.com. Brill. Retrieved 11 November 2022.

britannica.com

"Swahili language". Encyclopaedia Britannica. Archived from the original on 23 July 2019. Retrieved 30 January 2021.

chakita.org

"CHAKITA:Chama Cha Kiswahili Cha Taifa". chakita.org. Retrieved 21 June 2022.

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"Helsinki Corpus of Swahili 2.0 (HCS 2.0) – META-SHARE". metashare.csc.fi. Archived from the original on 23 October 2019. Retrieved 23 October 2019.

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Schadeberg, Thilo C. (12 December 2009), "1. Loanwords in Swahili", Loanwords in the World's Languages, Walter de Gruyter, pp. 76–102, doi:10.1515/9783110218442.76, ISBN 978-3-11-021843-5, retrieved 7 March 2025
Spear, Thomas (2000). "Early Swahili History Reconsidered". The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 33 (2): 257–290. doi:10.2307/220649. JSTOR 220649.
Vernet, T. (2002). "Les cités-Etats swahili et la puissance omanaise (1650–1720)". Journal des Africanistes. 72 (2): 102–05. doi:10.3406/jafr.2002.1308.
Kharusi, N. S. (2012). "The Ethnic Label Zinjibari: Politics and Language Choice Implications Among Swahili Speakers in Oman". Ethnicities. 12 (3): 335–353. doi:10.1177/1468796811432681. S2CID 145808915.
Scharrer, Tabea (16 June 2018). ""Ambiguous citizens": Kenyan Somalis and the question of belonging". Journal of Eastern African Studies. 12 (3): 494–513. doi:10.1080/17531055.2018.1483864. hdl:21.11116/0000-0001-F64C-5. ISSN 1753-1055. S2CID 149655820.
Weitzberg, Keren (25 July 2017), We Do Not Have Borders: Greater Somalia and the Predicaments of Belonging in Kenya, Ohio University Press, pp. 181–182, doi:10.2307/j.ctv224txv2.16, S2CID 240478166, retrieved 19 January 2022
Whiteley, Wilfred H. (October 1956). "The Changing Position of Swahili in East Africa". Africa: Journal of the International African Institute. 26 (4). Cambridge University Press: 323–331. doi:10.2307/1156672. JSTOR 1156672. Retrieved 3 April 2025.
Heugh, Kathleen (2006). "Language Education Policies in Africa". Encyclopedia of Language & Linguistics. Vol. 6 (2nd ed.). Elsevier. pp. 414–422. doi:10.1016/B0-08-044854-2/00664-7. ISBN 978-0-08-044854-1.
Simpson, Andrew (2009). "German Colonial Administrators, Swahili Lecturers and the Promotion of Swahili at the Seminar für Orientalische Sprachen in Berlin". Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society. 19 (1). Cambridge University Press: 53–66. doi:10.1017/S1356186308008815 (inactive 14 April 2025). JSTOR 25653412. Retrieved 3 April 2025.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of April 2025 (link)
Omar, Y. A., & Frankl, P. J. L. (1997). An Historical Review of the Arabic Rendering of Swahili Together with Proposals for the Development of a Swahili Writing System in Arabic Script (Based on the Swahili of Mombasa). Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 7(01), 55–71. doi:https://doi.org/10.1017/S1356186300008312

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Weitzberg, Keren (25 July 2017), We Do Not Have Borders: Greater Somalia and the Predicaments of Belonging in Kenya, Ohio University Press, pp. 181–182, doi:10.2307/j.ctv224txv2.16, S2CID 240478166, retrieved 19 January 2022

eac.int

"Development and Promotion of Extractive Industries and Mineral Value Addition". East African Community. Archived from the original on 21 October 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
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"Somalia finally joins EAC as the bloc's 8th Partner State". www.eac.int. Archived from the original on 4 March 2024. Retrieved 15 January 2025.

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Polomé, Edgar (1967). Swahili Language Handbook (PDF). Centre for Applied Linguistics. p. 28. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 November 2020. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
Swahili Language Handbook (PDF) (Report), archived (PDF) from the original on 27 November 2020, retrieved 12 September 2019

ethiopianmonitor.com

"AAU to Start Teaching Kiswahili Language – Ethiopian Monitor". 9 February 2022. Retrieved 8 April 2022.

ethnologue.com

Swahili at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024)
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Swahili language at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
Swahili language at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
Swahili language at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)

europa.eu

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"Sadc Adopts Kiswahili as 4th Working Language". European Commission. 30 August 2019. Archived from the original on 18 October 2020. Retrieved 21 February 2021.

glcom.com

Ali, Hassan O. "A Brief History of the Swahili Language". Swahili Language & Culture. Archived from the original on 12 May 2017. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
Juma, Abdurahman. "Swahili history". glcom.com. Archived from the original on 12 May 2017. Retrieved 30 September 2017.

glottolog.org

"Glottolog 4.5 – Northeast Coastal Bantu". glottolog.org. Retrieved 25 January 2022.

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Lodhi, Abdulaziz Y. (2003). "Aspiration in Swahili Adjectives and Verbs" (PDF). Africa & Asia. 3: 157. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 July 2020.

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Scharrer, Tabea (16 June 2018). ""Ambiguous citizens": Kenyan Somalis and the question of belonging". Journal of Eastern African Studies. 12 (3): 494–513. doi:10.1080/17531055.2018.1483864. hdl:21.11116/0000-0001-F64C-5. ISSN 1753-1055. S2CID 149655820.

howafrica.com

howafrica.com Animals – 27 Fascinating African Proverbs About Elephants, One of the Big 5 Animals 17. When elephants fight it is the grass that suffers. ~ Kikuyu Proverb. Consulted on 13 June 2021.

hypotheses.org

ajami.hypotheses.org

Mutiua, Chapane. “Swahili Ajami: An Introduction.” Hypotheses, October 7, 2020. https://ajami.hypotheses.org/1089 (Archive.

ilo.org

"The Federal Republic of Somalia Provisional Constitution of 2012".

journals.ac.za

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Mdee, James S. (1999). "Dictionaries and the Standardization of Spelling in Swahili". Lexikos. pp. 126–27. Archived from the original on 28 October 2019. Retrieved 2 June 2017.

jpanafrican.org

Mukuthuria, Mwenda (March 2009). "Islam and the Development of Kiswahili" (PDF). The Journal of Pan African Studies. 2 (8): 36–45. Retrieved 3 April 2025.

jstor.org

Spear, Thomas (2000). "Early Swahili History Reconsidered". The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 33 (2): 257–290. doi:10.2307/220649. JSTOR 220649.
Whiteley, Wilfred H. (October 1956). "The Changing Position of Swahili in East Africa". Africa: Journal of the International African Institute. 26 (4). Cambridge University Press: 323–331. doi:10.2307/1156672. JSTOR 1156672. Retrieved 3 April 2025.
Simpson, Andrew (2009). "German Colonial Administrators, Swahili Lecturers and the Promotion of Swahili at the Seminar für Orientalische Sprachen in Berlin". Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society. 19 (1). Cambridge University Press: 53–66. doi:10.1017/S1356186308008815 (inactive 14 April 2025). JSTOR 25653412. Retrieved 3 April 2025.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of April 2025 (link)

kbc.co.ke

"CS Matiangi: Kiswahili to remain compulsory in new curriculum". Kenya Broadcasting Corporation(KBC). Retrieved 21 June 2022.

klrc.go.ke

https://www.klrc.go.ke/index.php/constitution-of-kenya/108-chapter-two-the-republic/173-7-national-official-and-other-languages

languagemagazine.com

"Botswana to Introduce Swahili Language in Local Schools". 12 October 2020. Archived from the original on 22 March 2021. Retrieved 21 February 2021.

microsoft.com

"Zana za Uhakiki za Microsoft Office 2016 – Kiingereza". Microsoft Download Center. Archived from the original on 6 March 2019. Retrieved 23 October 2019.

monitor.co.ug

"Kiswahili language compulsory in primary, secondary schools – Cabinet". The Monitor. 5 July 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2022.

mylanguages.org

"Swahili Reading". mylanguages.org. Retrieved 21 December 2023.

neweralive.na

"Pandemic disrupts Kiswahili adoption plans". 3 November 2020. Archived from the original on 5 December 2020. Retrieved 21 February 2021.

oapen.org

library.oapen.org

Nurse, Derek. "When northern Swahili met southern Somali" (PDF). Contemporary African Linguistics.

ohioswallow.com

Mugane, John (21 June 2022). "The Story of Swahili" (PDF). Center for International Studies, Ohio University. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
Mugane, John (21 June 2022). "The Story of Swahili" (PDF). Center for International Studies, Ohio University. Retrieved 21 June 2022.

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See pp. 83–84 in Ghil'ad Zuckermann (2020), Revivalistics: From the Genesis of Israeli to Language Reclamation in Australia and Beyond, Oxford University Press Archived 25 November 2020 at the Wayback Machine ISBN 9780199812790 / ISBN 9780199812776.

oxfordreference.com

www.oxfordreference.com When elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers. Consulted on 13 June 2021.

palgrave.com

See pp. 11 and 52 in Ghil'ad Zuckermann (2003), Language Contact and Lexical Enrichment in Israeli Hebrew, Palgrave Macmillan Archived 12 June 2018 at the Wayback Machine ISBN 9781403917232 / ISBN 9781403938695.

pan.pl

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Baldi, Sergio, Arabic Loans in East African Languages through Swahili: A Survey Archived 30 March 2021 at the Wayback Machine, Folia Orientalia, 2012, PAS Journals Repository

poetrytranslation.org

"Alamin Mazrui". Poetry Translation Centre. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
"Kithaka wa Mberia". Poetry Translation Centre. Retrieved 21 December 2023.

qucosa.de

ul.qucosa.de

"The variability of Kiswahili In Bujumbura". Retrieved 4 September 2023.

researchgate.net

Dzahene-Quarshie, Josephine (2014). "The Development of Kiswahili as an Academic Discipline". Journeys through the Modern Languages at the University of Ghana. Ayebia Clarke Publishing Ltd. pp. 63–72. Retrieved 3 April 2025.

reuters.com

Fuchs, Martina (5 October 2011). "African Swahili music lives on in Oman". Reuters. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 15 November 2015.

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Pawliková-Vilhanová, Viera (2006). "Biblical Translations of Early Missionaries in East and Central Africa" (PDF). Asian and African Studies. 15 (1): 80–89. Retrieved 3 April 2025.

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Kharusi, N. S. (2012). "The Ethnic Label Zinjibari: Politics and Language Choice Implications Among Swahili Speakers in Oman". Ethnicities. 12 (3): 335–353. doi:10.1177/1468796811432681. S2CID 145808915.
Scharrer, Tabea (16 June 2018). ""Ambiguous citizens": Kenyan Somalis and the question of belonging". Journal of Eastern African Studies. 12 (3): 494–513. doi:10.1080/17531055.2018.1483864. hdl:21.11116/0000-0001-F64C-5. ISSN 1753-1055. S2CID 149655820.
Weitzberg, Keren (25 July 2017), We Do Not Have Borders: Greater Somalia and the Predicaments of Belonging in Kenya, Ohio University Press, pp. 181–182, doi:10.2307/j.ctv224txv2.16, S2CID 240478166, retrieved 19 January 2022

soas.ac.uk

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"SOAS Swahili manuscripts". SOAS Swahili manuscripts. varia. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
"SOAS Swahili manuscripts". SOAS Swahili manuscripts. varia. Retrieved 11 November 2022.

socialstudies.org

"The Failure of Language Policy in Tanzanian Schools". Archived from the original on 16 July 2020. Retrieved 13 October 2020.

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Sobuwa, Yoliswa (17 September 2018). "Kiswahili gets minister's stamp to be taught in SA schools". The Sowetan. Archived from the original on 18 September 2018. Retrieved 9 October 2018.

theeastafrican.co.ke

"Uganda finally adopts Kiswahili as official language". The East African. 5 July 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2022.

thisisafrica.me

Mbamalu, Socrates (13 March 2019). "Tanzania to send Kiswahili teachers to South Sudan". This is africa. Retrieved 8 April 2022.

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"Burundi : l'apprentissage du français en perte de vitesse". 22 March 2023. Retrieved 21 November 2024.

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Henderson, Brent. Chimwiini: Endangered Status and Syntactic Distinctiveness (PDF) (Report). Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 January 2022.

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"UNESCO declares July 7 World Kiswahili Language Day". unesco.org. 24 November 2021. Archived from the original on 30 July 2022. Retrieved 9 August 2022.

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"Sadc Adopts Kiswahili as 4th Working Language". European Commission. 30 August 2019. Archived from the original on 18 October 2020. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
"Swahili language". Encyclopaedia Britannica. Archived from the original on 23 July 2019. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
"Development and Promotion of Extractive Industries and Mineral Value Addition". East African Community. Archived from the original on 21 October 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
Sobuwa, Yoliswa (17 September 2018). "Kiswahili gets minister's stamp to be taught in SA schools". The Sowetan. Archived from the original on 18 September 2018. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
"Botswana to Introduce Swahili Language in Local Schools". 12 October 2020. Archived from the original on 22 March 2021. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
"Pandemic disrupts Kiswahili adoption plans". 3 November 2020. Archived from the original on 5 December 2020. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
"UNESCO declares July 7 World Kiswahili Language Day". unesco.org. 24 November 2021. Archived from the original on 30 July 2022. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
Polomé, Edgar (1967). Swahili Language Handbook (PDF). Centre for Applied Linguistics. p. 28. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 November 2020. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
Ali, Hassan O. "A Brief History of the Swahili Language". Swahili Language & Culture. Archived from the original on 12 May 2017. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
Baldi, Sergio, Arabic Loans in East African Languages through Swahili: A Survey Archived 30 March 2021 at the Wayback Machine, Folia Orientalia, 2012, PAS Journals Repository
"A Guide to Swahili - 10 facts about the Swahili language". Archived from the original on 5 September 2017. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
Juma, Abdurahman. "Swahili history". glcom.com. Archived from the original on 12 May 2017. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
"Baba yetu". Wikisource. Archived from the original on 8 October 2011. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
"Swahili". About World Languages. Archived from the original on 1 October 2017. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
Mdee, James S. (1999). "Dictionaries and the Standardization of Spelling in Swahili". Lexikos. pp. 126–27. Archived from the original on 28 October 2019. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
"Zana za Uhakiki za Microsoft Office 2016 – Kiingereza". Microsoft Download Center. Archived from the original on 6 March 2019. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
"Helsinki Corpus of Swahili 2.0 (HCS 2.0) – META-SHARE". metashare.csc.fi. Archived from the original on 23 October 2019. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
"The Failure of Language Policy in Tanzanian Schools". Archived from the original on 16 July 2020. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
"Vision and Mission of The National Kiswahili Council". The United Republic of Tanzania National Kiswahili Council. Archived from the original on 22 October 2020. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
Henderson, Brent. Chimwiini: Endangered Status and Syntactic Distinctiveness (PDF) (Report). Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 January 2022.
"Somalia finally joins EAC as the bloc's 8th Partner State". www.eac.int. Archived from the original on 4 March 2024. Retrieved 15 January 2025.
Swahili Language Handbook (PDF) (Report), archived (PDF) from the original on 27 November 2020, retrieved 12 September 2019
Lodhi, Abdulaziz Y. (2003). "Aspiration in Swahili Adjectives and Verbs" (PDF). Africa & Asia. 3: 157. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 July 2020.
"A Guide to Swahili – The Swahili alphabet". BBC. Archived from the original on 12 February 2020. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
Mutiua, Chapane. “Swahili Ajami: An Introduction.” Hypotheses, October 7, 2020. https://ajami.hypotheses.org/1089 (Archive.
See pp. 83–84 in Ghil'ad Zuckermann (2020), Revivalistics: From the Genesis of Israeli to Language Reclamation in Australia and Beyond, Oxford University Press Archived 25 November 2020 at the Wayback Machine ISBN 9780199812790 / ISBN 9780199812776.
See pp. 11 and 52 in Ghil'ad Zuckermann (2003), Language Contact and Lexical Enrichment in Israeli Hebrew, Palgrave Macmillan Archived 12 June 2018 at the Wayback Machine ISBN 9781403917232 / ISBN 9781403938695.
Derek Nurse; Thomas Spear; Thomas T. Spear (1985). The Swahili: Reconstructing the History and Language of an African Society, 800–1500. University of Pennsylvania Press. p. 65. ISBN 9780812212075. Archived from the original on 30 March 2021. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
Mwakikagile, Godfrey (2007). Kenya: identity of a nation. New Africa Press. p. 102. ISBN 978-0-9802587-9-0. Archived from the original on 23 March 2021. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
Fuchs, Martina (5 October 2011). "African Swahili music lives on in Oman". Reuters. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 15 November 2015.

wikisource.org

"Baba yetu". Wikisource. Archived from the original on 8 October 2011. Retrieved 15 November 2015.

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Mazrui, Ali Al'Amin. (1995). Swahili state and society : the political economy of an African language. East African Educational Publishers. ISBN 0-85255-729-9. OCLC 441402890.
Scharrer, Tabea (16 June 2018). ""Ambiguous citizens": Kenyan Somalis and the question of belonging". Journal of Eastern African Studies. 12 (3): 494–513. doi:10.1080/17531055.2018.1483864. hdl:21.11116/0000-0001-F64C-5. ISSN 1753-1055. S2CID 149655820.
Baraza la Kiswahili la Zanzibar (2010). Kamusi la Kiswahili Fasaha (in Swahili). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-573618-2. OCLC 800802371.