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Swahili grammar information


Swahili is a Bantu language which is native to or mainly spoken in the East African region. It has a grammatical structure that is typical for Bantu languages, bearing all the hallmarks of this language family. These include agglutinativity, a rich array of noun classes, extensive inflection for person (both subject and object), tense, aspect and mood, and generally a subject–verb–object word order.

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Swahili grammar

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Swahili is a Bantu language which is native to or mainly spoken in the East African region. It has a grammatical structure that is typical for Bantu languages...

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loanwords in Swahili. In the text "Early Swahili History Reconsidered", however, Thomas Spear noted that Swahili retains a large amount of grammar, vocabulary...

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O. (1947). Swahili Grammar: Including intonation. Longman House. ISBN 0-582-62701-X. Nurse, Derek; Hinnebusch, Thomas J. (1993). Swahili and Sabaki:...

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Shinzwani and noted some influence from Swahili. In his Swahili Grammar, Sacleux cautioned that although Swahili was spoken in the Comoros it must not be...

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Introduction to History, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner Co., Ltd., London 1925 (translated by Paul Radin) Mwana Simba, a web-page about Swahili grammar....

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2017, p. 243. Villafana 2017, p. 69. Villafana 2017, p. 73. Modern Swahili Grammar, East African Educational Publisher Ltd, 2001, p. 42 Abbott 2014, p...

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