Is swahili the Lingua franca of Africa

[Siddhartha]

It's spoken in Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania , Uganda, Somalia, Congo, Burundi and south Sudan

 

[celidheere]

ingriis

 

[Naacasfrompunt]

It's spoken in Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania , Uganda, Somalia, Congo, Burundi and south Sudan

Somalia when??

 

[greyhound stone]

Somalia when??

technically Nfd somali region

 

[Juke]

Regional lingua franca of southeast Africa, not the entire continent.

 

[greyhound stone]

Let's just all learn English then we can basically communicate with the whole world

 

[Rocktheboat]

I think English is

 

[Leftside]

Somalia when??

Are you surprised that there are Swahili speakers in Somalia?
Even mr farmaajo is fluent in Swahili, this was him sending his condolences to Tanzanians, in perfect Swahili

 

[x z]

Swahili is the largest indigenous African lingua franca so we can’t really hate them for being the most African laandhere. Out of the most common African langauges (English, French, Arabic, swahili) only swahili is African

Kenya ha hurburto leaking let’s not get it twisted, but i am someone who recognises laandheerenimo when i see it

 

[Juke]

Swahili is the largest indigenous African lingua franca so we can’t really hate them for being the most African laandhere. Out of the most common African langauges (English, French, Arabic, swahili) only swahili is African

Kenya ha hurburto leaking let’s not get it twisted, but i am someone who recognises laandheerenimo when i see it

Swahili isn't really an african language, it's a pidgin made by Arab traders.

 

[x z]

Swahili isn't really an african language, it's a pidgin made by Arab traders.

Swahil is as African as Somali

 

[pirater]

Swahil is as African as Somali

somali has way less loan words than swahili

 

[x z]

somali has way less loan words than swahili

Yeah but calling swahili arab pidgin is disingenuous, especially when Somali isn’t exactly the most purest of pure languages

Swahili is categorized as a Bantu language, and its Arabic influence is definitely there but not overwhelming enough for an Arabic speaker to recognize more than a word here and there

 

[pirater]

Yeah but calling swahili arab pidgin is disingenuous, especially when Somali isn’t exactly the most purest of pure languages

Swahili is categorized as a Bantu language, and its Arabic influence is definitely there but not overwhelming enough for an Arabic speaker to recognize a word here and there

yes defininly. It is majority swahili indigenous words, therefore it is African.


most Arabic origin words have been made to sound more "bantu". the words follow bantu language structure and sounds so they don't sound arabi

 

[Leftside]

Swahili isn't really an african language, it's a pidgin made by Arab traders.

Swahili is a Bantu language with a proportion of loan words from Arabic. Swahili is a very widely studied language and every linguist agrees that the morphology of the Swahili language is very much Bantu.

 

[Juke]

Swahili is a Bantu language with a proportion of loan words from Arabic. Swahili is a very widely studied language and every linguist agrees that the morphology of the Swahili language is very much Bantu.

The language was made by non-African Arabs trying to communicate with Bantus

 

[Leftside]

The language was made by non-African Arabs trying to communicate with Bantus

The opposite is true. It was made by Bantu language speakers during their interaction with Arabic traders. The language structure (morphology) of the Swahili language is Bantu not Arabic. Language experts state that fact, not me.

 

[Juke]

The opposite is true. It was made by Bantu language speakers during their interaction with Arabic traders. The language structure (morphology) of the Swahili language is Bantu not Arabic. Language experts state that fact, not me.

Swahili Creolization and Postcolonial Identity in East Africa

 

[Leftside]

Swahili Creolization and Postcolonial Identity in East Africa

I was today years old when I learnt that Swahili = Arabic pidgin .

 

[Hassan11]

Are you surprised that there are Swahili speakers in Somalia?
Even mr farmaajo is fluent in Swahili, this was him sending his condolences to Tanzanians, in perfect Swahili

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