Etymologie, Etimología, Étymologie, Etimologia, Etymology
KE Kenia, Kenia, Kenya, Kenya, Kenya
Sprache, Langue, Language
Amtssprache, Langue Officielle, Official Language:
Swahili (Kisuaheli = Kiswahili = Suaheli = Swahili)

A

Arab Swahili - Language of KE

(E3)(L1) http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=swh
Arab-Swahili (KE) | Arab-Swahili (ZA)

Asian Swahili - Language of KE

(E3)(L1) http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=ccl
Asian Swahili (KE) | Asian Swahili (TZ)

B

C

cnrs - Bantu Language Names

(E3)(L1) http://www.cbold.ddl.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr/Lgs/LgXRefs.html

List of Bantu Language Names (in alphabetical order, with cross-references)
There are 529 names listed here, with 1,621 cross references. click on the Language name to see the main entry

Cutchi-Swahili - Language of KE

(E3)(L1) http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=ccl
Cutchi-Swahili (KE) | Cutchi-Swahili (TZ)

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E

F

G

H

I

J

K

Kisuaheli - Language of KE
(Kisuaheli = Kiswahili = Suaheli = Swahili)

(E3)(L1) http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=swh

Kiswahili (W3)
(Kisuaheli = Kiswahili = Suaheli = Swahili)

Kiswahili ist die Verkehrssprache in weiten Gebieten Ostafrikas - sie finden hier einen ersten Zugang zu dieser Sprache. In Disneys Film "König der Löwen" tauchte Kiswahili auf: z.B.

"simba" (Löwe)
"rafiki" (Freund)
"hakuna matata" (kein Ärger, keine Probleme)

S p r a c h e - von mehr als 45 Mio.

(E?)(L?) http://dictionary.reference.com/

L

loc - Swahili Language Code

(E?)(L?) http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/
(E?)(L?) http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/langhome.html
(E?)(L?) http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/englangn.html
ISO 639-2 is the alpha-3 code. Where two codes are provided (22 languages total) the bibliographic code is given first and the terminology code is given second.
ISO 639-1 is the alpha-2 code. Multiple codes for the same language are to be considered synonyms.

Language Name (English) | Language Name (French) | 639-2 | 639-1
Swahili                 | swahili                | swa   | sw

M

N

O

omniglot - Swahili

(E?)(L1) http://www.omniglot.com/
(E?)(L?) http://www.omniglot.com/writing/swahili.htm

P

Q

R

S

Suaheli (W3)
(Kisuaheli = Kiswahili = Suaheli = Swahili)

"Suaheli" ist die arab. Bezeichnung für eine im Osten Afrikas weit verbreitete Bantu-Sprache der gleichnamigen Suaheli. Die Bezeichnung bezieht sich auf ihr Wohngebiet: arab. "Suaheli", "Swahili" = "Küstenbewohner". Der arabische Einfluß beschränkt sich nicht auf die NAmensgebung der Sprache. Auch viele Suaheli-Wörter stammen aus dem Arabischen. Allerdings wurde die arabische Schrift überwiegend durch die lateinische Schreibweise ersetzt. Ursprünglich aus Sansibar kommend wird Suaheli heute in etwa 30 Dialekten von etwa 30Mio. Menschen gesprochen.

Swahili (W3) - Language of KE
(Kisuaheli = Kiswahili = Suaheli = Swahili)
Swahili

Ab 800 n. Chr.
Südarabische Seefahrer übernehmen den Handel im Roten Meer und im Indischen Ozean. Sie lassen sich an der Küste des heutigen Kenia nieder, gründen u.a. die Städte Lamu, Sofala und Mombasa, bringen den Islam ins Land und vermischen sich mit den dort ansässigen Bantu-Völkern. Es entsteht die "Swahili-Kultur" (arabisch: "Küstenbewohner"). Haupthandelsgüter sind Elfenbein, Gold und Sklaven.

(E3)(L1) http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=swh
(E1)(L1) http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=Swahili
(E?)(L?) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swahili_language

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The name "Swahili" comes from the plural of the Arabic word "sahel" or "sawahil" meaning "boundary" or "coast" (used as an adjective to mean "coastal dwellers" or, by extension, "coastal language"). Sahel is also the word used for the "border zone of the Sahara". The incorporation of the final "i" is likely for phonetic reasons as it is consistent with the tendency to end words with vowel sounds.

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U

uoregon - Swahili

(E?)(L?) http://babel.uoregon.edu/yamada/guides/swahili.html
Language

Search YLC Catalog
YLC Self-Study Language Resources - More Swahili links
Introduction to Swahili
Useful Swahili Words
Kamusi / Internet Living Swahili Dictionary Project -Work in progress attempting to use Internet collaberation to develop quality Swahili Language resources.
Swahili Dictionary
Noun Classification in Swahili -the linguistic ins and outs of nouns in Swahili.
Say Hello in the Swahili Language
Kiswahili at Penn - University of Pennsylvania's Kiswahili program, including online exercises
Swahili Online Study Guides - Flashcards, dictionary access, helpful student notes
Language Training - Introductory course in Kiswahili: three lessons and an exercise
Kanga Writings - Listing of proverbs and messages worn on Kanga (traditional women's clothing) in Kiswahili and English, with an explanation of meaning
The UCLA Language Materials Project; Swahili Profile - In English, some background on historical and social aspects of Kiswahili, who speaks it etc.
Kiswahili Grammar Notes - Notes on sentence structure, adverbs & other components of sentences; expressions, etc.
Swahili pronunciation - pronunciation guide, adapted from text KISWAHILI: MSINGI WA KUSEMA, KUSOMA, NA KUANDIKA

Resources

Books about Swahili
BBC Kiswahili - News articles focusing on Africa, some in Kiswahili, some in English
Language Links: Swahili - Listing of more Swahili links
Moja - Newspaper and Information Source for East Africa - News and info on Uganda, Kenya & Tanzania, in Kiswahili or English
Archives of Popular Swahili - Popular Swahili texts, including published books, letters, autobiographies, journals, etc. In Kiswahili with English translations
Kiswahili Resource Page - Includes brief history, lessons in Kiswahili, dictionary, etc.
Voice of America; Swahili Service - Radio programs in Kiswahili
The Koran in Swahili.

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wikipedia - Swahili language

(E6)(L?) http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_der_Amtssprachen
Kiswahili oder auch Suaheli ist Amtssprache in: Kenia (mit Englisch) | Tansania (mit Englisch)

(E?)(L?) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swahili_language

Swahili (Kiswahili)
Spoken in: Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Congo (DRC), Somalia, Comoros Islands (including Mayotte), Mozambique, Malawi
Total speakers: First language: about 5 million
Second language: about 30-50 million
Swahili (also called Kiswahili; see below for a discussion of the nomenclature) is a Bantu language widely spoken in East Africa. Swahili is the mother tongue of the Swahili people who inhabit a 1500 km stretch of the East African coast from southern Somalia to northern Mozambique. There are approximately five million first-language speakers and thirty to fifty million second-language speakers. Swahili has become a lingua franca for East Africa and surrounding areas.

The name "Swahili" comes from the plural of the Arabic word "sahel" or "sawahil" meaning "boundary" or "coast" (used as an adjective to mean "coastal dwellers" or, by extension, "coastal language"). Sahel is also the word used for the "border zone of the Sahara". The incorporation of the final "i" is likely for phonetic reasons as it is consistent with the tendency to end words with vowel sounds.
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Contents

1 Name

2 Overview

3 Sounds

3.1 Vowels

3.2 Consonants

4 Noun classes

5 Verb affixation

6 Swahili time

7 Dialects

8 External links and references

9 References

Etymologie, Etimología, Étymologie, Etimologia, Etymology KE Kenia, Kenia, Kenya, Kenya, Kenya Sprache, Langue, Language Amtssprache, Langue Officielle, Official Language: Swahili (Kisuaheli = Kiswahili = Suaheli = Swahili)

A

Arab Swahili - Language of KE

Asian Swahili - Language of KE

B

C

cnrs - Bantu Language Names

Cutchi-Swahili - Language of KE

D

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ethnologue - Languages of / Sprachen von Kenya (Africa)

ethnologue - Agiryama - Language of KE

ethnologue - Ajuran - Language of KE

ethnologue - Ajuuraan - Language of KE

ethnologue - Akie - Language of KE

ethnologue - Akiek - Language of KE

ethnologue - Amu - Language of KE

ethnologue - Arabic, Hadrami Spoken - Language of KE

ethnologue - Arabic, Omani Spoken - Language of KE

ethnologue - Arabic, Ta'izzi-Adeni Spoken - Language of KE

ethnologue - Ariangulu - Language of KE

ethnologue - Arusa - Language of KE

ethnologue - Arusha - Language of KE

ethnologue - Ateso - Language of KE

ethnologue - Aweer - Language of KE

ethnologue - Aweera - Language of KE

ethnologue - Bajun - Language of KE

ethnologue - Bajuni - Language of KE

ethnologue - Bambala - Language of KE

ethnologue - Baraguyu - Language of KE

ethnologue - Bok - Language of KE

ethnologue - Bon - Language of KE

ethnologue - Bong'om - Language of KE

ethnologue - Bong'omeek - Language of KE

ethnologue - Boni - Language of KE

ethnologue - Book - Language of KE

ethnologue - Booran - Language of KE

ethnologue - Boraan - Language of KE

ethnologue - Boran - Language of KE

ethnologue - Boran - Language of KE

ethnologue - Borana - Language of KE

ethnologue - Bugumbe - Language of KE

ethnologue - Bukira - Language of KE

ethnologue - Bukusu - Language of KE

ethnologue - Bukusu - Language of KE

ethnologue - Buma - Language of KE

ethnologue - Bume - Language of KE

ethnologue - Bura - Language of KE

ethnologue - Burji - Language of KE

ethnologue - Burkeneji - Language of KE

ethnologue - Buu I - Language of KE

ethnologue - Buu II - Language of KE

ethnologue - Buu III - Language of KE

ethnologue - Bwirege - Language of KE

ethnologue - Cemual - Language of KE

ethnologue - Central Tharaka - Language of KE

ethnologue - Chamus - Language of KE

ethnologue - Chawia - Language of KE

ethnologue - Cherangany - Language of KE

ethnologue - Chichonyi - Language of KE

ethnologue - Chidigo - Language of KE

ethnologue - Chimbalazi - Language of KE

ethnologue - Chonyi - Language of KE

ethnologue - Chuka - Language of KE

ethnologue - Chuku - Language of KE

ethnologue - Chwaka - Language of KE

ethnologue - Cutch - Language of KE

ethnologue - Cutchi - Language of KE

ethnologue - Daasanach - Language of KE

ethnologue - Daasanech - Language of KE

ethnologue - Dabida - Language of KE

ethnologue - Dahalo - Language of KE

ethnologue - Dama - Language of KE

ethnologue - Damat - Language of KE

ethnologue - Dambi - Language of KE

ethnologue - Dasenech - Language of KE

ethnologue - Dathanaik - Language of KE

ethnologue - Davida - Language of KE

ethnologue - Dawida - Language of KE

ethnologue - Degodia - Language of KE

Etymologie, Etimología, Étymologie, Etimologia, Etymology
KE Kenia, Kenia, Kenya, Kenya, Kenya
Sprache, Langue, Language
Amtssprache, Langue Officielle, Official Language:
Swahili (Kisuaheli = Kiswahili = Suaheli = Swahili)