Kerwin - the Poem   KISWAHILI

 

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Kiswahili (Swahili)

Family/group:            Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo

Number of speakers:  5,000,000 as 1st language

                                    30,000,000 as 2nd

 Where spoken:         Tanzania, Burundi, Kenya, Mayotte, Mozambique, Somalia, S Africa, Uganda

Rural people are second language users; they use the local language for most activities, but Swahili with outsiders. National language of Tanzania.


more:

http://www.yale.edu/swahili/

http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiswahili

http://www.glcom.com/cyberswahili/swahili.htm

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