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Tanzania

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Description

Swahili is the official national language of Tanzania. Swahili and English, inherited from colonial rule, are widely spoken as lingua francas. There are many languages spoken in the country, but no one language is spoken natively by a majority of the population.

Word List(s)

Swahili

• Useful Swahili phrases (Omniglot)
• Swahili Phrase Book (Wikivoyage)
• Swahili sayings (Wikipedia)

Alphabet and Pronunciation

Swahili

• Swahili Phonology (Wikipedia)
• Swahili Alphabet and Pronunciation (Omniglot)
• A Guide to Swahili - The Swahili alphabet (BBC)

Language Aids and Dictionaries

Swahili

• Swahili dictionary (Lexilogos)
• Swahili (mustgo)
• Learn Swahili (Learn101)

Additional Resources

• Tanzania (Britannica)
• Chambers, Catherine. Swahili. London: Raintree, 2013. Available at: WorldCat.
• Centre for Information on Language Teaching and Research. Swahili. London: Centre for Information on Language Teaching and Research, 1986. Available at: WorldCat.
• Stotsky , Sandra. Losing our language : how multicultural classroom instruction is undermining our children's ability to read, write, and reason. New York: Free Press, 1999. Available at: WorldCat.