See also:

• SWAHILI (Wa-Swahili, i.e. coast people, from the Arabic sail, coast)

SWAHILI (Wa-Swahili, i.e. See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast See also:

• PEOPLE

people, from the Arabic See also:

• SAIL

sail, coast)  , a See also:

• TERM

term commonly applied to the inhabitants of See also:

• ZANZIBAR

Zanzibar and of the opposite mainland between the See also:

• PARALLELS

parallels of 2° and 9° S., who speak the Ki-See also:

• SWAHILI (Wa-Swahili, i.e. coast people, from the Arabic sail, coast)

Swahili See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language . The Swahili are essentially a mixed See also:

• PEOPLE

people, the result of See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long See also:

• CROSSING

crossing between the negroes of the See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast and the See also:

• ARABS

Arabs, with an ad-mixture of slave See also:

• BLOOD

blood from nearly all the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East See also:

• AFRICAN

African tribes . Among Swahili are found every shade of See also:

• COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour and every type of physique from the full-blooded See also:

• NEGRO (from Lat. eager, black)

negro to the pure Semite . Usually they are a powerfully built, handsome people, inclined to stoutness and with Semitic features . They number about a million . They figured largely in the See also:

• HISTORY

history of African enter-prise during the 19th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century . The See also:

• ENERGY (from the Gr. ivipyela; iv, in, ipyov, work)

energy and intelligence derived from their Semitic blood have enabled theln to take a leading See also:

• PART

part in the development of See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade and the See also:

• INDUSTRIES

industries, as shown in the wide See also:

• DIFFUSION (from the Lat. diffundere; dis-, asunder, and fundere, to pour out)

diffusion of their language, which, like the Hindustani in See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India and the Guarani in See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South See also:

• AMERICA

America, has become the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

• MEDIUM

medium of intercommunication in a large See also:

• AREA

area of See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa south of the See also:

• EQUATOR (Late Lat. aequator, from aequare, to make equal)

equator . During his See also:

• JOURNEY (through O. Fr. jornee or journee, mod. Fr. journee, from med. Lat. diurnata, Lat. diurnus, of or belonging to dies, day)

journey from the See also:

• INDIAN

Indian Ocean to the See also:

• ATLANTIC

Atlantic (1873—1874) See also:

• COMMANDER

Commander . V . Lovett See also:

• CAMERON, JOHN (1579–1623)
• CAMERON, RICHARD (1648?–168o)
• CAMERON, SIMON (1799-1889)
• CAMERON, VERNEY LOVETT (1844–1894)

Cameron found that a knowledge of this language enabled him everywhere to dispense with the aid of an interpreter, as it was understood by one or more persons in all the tribes along the route . Owing to this circumstance the Swahili have been found invaluable assistants in every expedition from the eastern seaboard to the interior after they began to be employed by J . H .

See also:

• SPEKE, HUGH (1656-c. 1724)
• SPEKE, JOHN HANNING (1827-1864)

Speke and See also:

• RICHARD
• RICHARD (d. 1184)
• RICHARD, FRANCOIS MARIE BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
• RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
• RICHARD, ST

Richard See also:

• BURTON, JOHN HILL (1809–1881)
• BURTON, ROBERT (1577-1640)
• BURTON, SIR FREDERICK WILLIAM (1816–f goo)
• BURTON, SIR RICHARD FRANCIS (1821-1890)
• BURTON, WILLIAM EVANS (1804-1860)

Burton as porters and escorts in 1857 . The language is somewhat archaic See also:

• BANTU

Bantu, much mixed with Arabic, while Indian, See also:

• PERSIAN
• PERSIAN, SYRIAN, EGYPTIAN AND TURKISH

Persian and even See also:

• ENGLISH

English, Portuguese and See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German words have contributed to the vocabulary . Grammatical See also:

• TREATISES

treatises on it have been published, and into it portions of the See also:

• BIBLE
• BIBLE, ENGLISH

Bible have been translated by See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

Bishop Steere .l The Swahili are Mahommedans, but in disposition are genuine negroes . See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian See also:

• MISSIONS (Lat. missio, a sending)

missions among them have met with little success . See Johann See also:

• LUDWIG, KARL FRIEDRICH WILHELM (1816—1895)
• LUDWIG, OTTO (1813-1865)

Ludwig Krapf, See also:

• DICTIONARY

Dictionary of Swahili Language (See also:

• LONDON

London, 1882) ; Bishop Steere, Handbook of the Swahili Language (London, 1894) ; Collection of Swahili Folk-Tales (1869) ; A . C . See also:

• MADAN, MARTIN (1726-1790)

Madan, English-Swahili Dictionary (See also:

• OXFORD
• OXFORD, EARLS OF
• OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
• OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
• OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
• OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
• OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST

Oxford, 1894) ; See also:

• DELAUNAY, ELIE (1828-1891)
• DELAUNAY, LOUIS ARSENE (1826-1903)

Delaunay, Grammaire Kiswahili (See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris, 1898) . See also BANTU See also:

• LANGUAGES

LANGUAGES .