The official languages of the Comoros are Comorian, French and Arabic, as recognized under its 2001 constitution.[1] Although each language holds equal recognition under the constitution, language use varies across Comorian society.[2] Unofficial minority languages such as Malagasy and Swahili are also present on the island with limited usage.[3] According to Harriet Joseph Ottenheimer, a professor of anthropology at Kansas State university, the linguistic diversity of the Comoros is the result of its rich history as part of the Indian maritime trade routes and its periods of Malagasy and French colonial rule.[3]
^"Comoros's Constitution of 2001 with Amendments through 2009"(PDF). Retrieved 18 May 2020
^Walker, Iain (2011). "What Came First, The Nation or the State? Political Process in the Comoro Islands". Africa. 77 (4): 586. doi:10.3366/afr.2007.77.4.582. ISSN 0001-9720.
^ abJoseph Ottenheimer, Harriet (2001). "Spelling Shinzwani: Dictionary construction and orthographic choice in the Comoro Islands". Written Language & Literacy. 4 (1): 15–29. doi:10.1075/wll.4.1.03jos. ISSN 1387-6732.
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