The ASJP Database - Wordlist Swahili

Wordlist Swahili

Compiled by Cecil H. Brown

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No.	Meaning	Concepticon	Word	Loan

Glottocode: swah1253
ISO 639-3: swh

Coordinates WGS84

6°30'S, 39°E
-6.50, 39.00

number of speakers	3,867,300
status	alive

Classification

WALS: NC > Bantu
Glottolog: Atlantic Congo > Volta Congo > Benue Congo > Bantoid > Southernbantoid > Narrowbantu > Eastbantu > Northeastsavannabantu > Northeastcoastalbantu > Coastalnecbantu > Sabaki Swahili > Swahili(g.40) > Mombasa Lamu Inlandswahili
Ethnologue: Niger Congo > Atlantic Congo > Volta Congo > Benue Congo > Bantoid > Southern > Narrowbantu > Central > G > Swahili(g.42)

Sources

Snoxall 1958: A concise English-Swahili dictionary. London: Oxford University Press.