http://www.onlineswahili.com/is-it-true-swahililanguage-is-half-arabic.htm Learn how to speak Swahili Wed, 19 May 2010 16:24:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.onlineswahili.com/is-it-true-swahililanguage-is-half-arabic.htm/comment-page-1#comment-121 Kalikina Wed, 28 Oct 2009 03:39:46 +0000 http://www.onlineswahili.com/is-it-true-swahililanguage-is-half-arabic.htm#comment-121 Yes, it's true. Swahili is spoken natively by various groups traditionally inhabiting about 1,500 miles of the East African coastline. About 25% of the Swahili vocabulary derives from the Arabic language, resulting from the fact that the language evolved through centuries of contact between Arabic-speaking traders and many different Bantu-speaking peoples inhabiting Africa's Indian Ocean coast. It also has incorporated Persian, German, Indian and English words into its vocabulary due to contact with these different groups of people. Yes, it’s true.
Swahili is spoken natively by various groups traditionally inhabiting about 1,500 miles of the East African coastline. About 25% of the Swahili vocabulary derives from the Arabic language, resulting from the fact that the language evolved through centuries of contact between Arabic-speaking traders and many different Bantu-speaking peoples inhabiting Africa’s Indian Ocean coast. It also has incorporated Persian, German, Indian and English words into its vocabulary due to contact with these different groups of people.

]]> http://www.onlineswahili.com/is-it-true-swahililanguage-is-half-arabic.htm/comment-page-1#comment-122 Caicos Turkey Wed, 28 Oct 2009 03:39:46 +0000 http://www.onlineswahili.com/is-it-true-swahililanguage-is-half-arabic.htm#comment-122 There is certainly a great deal of Arabic in it. It was compiled on the basis of Arabic and Bantu. The Arabs were at the time controlling that particular coastal area. In the years since Swahili was invented, words from other languages have been added in the cosmopolitan society of East Africa. For example, cheti, meaning "certificate" or "document" is an Indian word. "Chai", meaning "tea" comes from the name "Cathay". It is not a one way traffic, either. The Swahili word "dengue" has entered into English. There is certainly a great deal of Arabic in it. It was compiled on the basis of Arabic and Bantu. The Arabs were at the time controlling that particular coastal area. In the years since Swahili was invented, words from other languages have been added in the cosmopolitan society of East Africa. For example, cheti, meaning "certificate" or "document" is an Indian word. "Chai", meaning "tea" comes from the name "Cathay". It is not a one way traffic, either. The Swahili word "dengue" has entered into English.

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