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		The Parkari language is used in parts of Pakistan and utilizes the same script as Sinhdi with the addition of three letters.
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		Dhivehi is the official language of the Republic of the Maldives in the Indian Ocean.
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	language.comoro (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The official languages of The Union of the Comoros are French and Arabic.
		French is used as the official language on the island of Mayotte.
		Shingazidja is primarily spoken on Ngazidja, Shinzwani on Nzwani, Shimwali on Mwali, and Shimaore on Maore.
	www.ksu.edu /sasw/comoros/language.comoro (238 words)

	Comorian language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Comorian (Shikomor) is the most widely used language on the Comoros (independent islands in the Indian Ocean, off Mozambique and Madagascar).
		It is a close relative of Swahili with a very strong Arabic influence, and is one of the three official languages of the Comoros, next to French and Arabic.
		It is also the language of Udzima wa ya Masiwa, the national anthem of the "moon islands" ("al-qamar" is Arabic for "moon").
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Comorian_language (151 words)

	Comoros Maritime Administration ™
		In recent decades the population was increased by the forced evacuation of Comorians from Madagascar and Zanzibar.
		French is the language of government while Arabic is the language of Islam, the major religion in the Republic.
		Comorian is typical of a Bantu language with a large number of noun classes and an elaborate set of verb tenses and aspects.
	www.bihlyumov.com /thecountry.html (719 words)

	Comoros - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		On February 17, 2000, representatives of the government, the Anjouan separatists, the political opposition, and civil society organizations signed a "Framework Accord for Reconciliation in Comoros," brokered by the Organization for African Unity (OAU).
		The government is struggling to upgrade education and technical training, to privatize commercial and industrial enterprises, to improve health services, to diversify exports, to promote tourism, and to reduce the high population growth rate.
		Although Arab culture is firmly established throughout the archipelago, a substantial minority of the citizens of Mayotte (the Mahorais) are Catholic and have been strongly influenced by French culture.
	encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /comoros.htm (819 words)

	United Nations Human Rights Website - Treaty Bodies Database - Document - Summary Record - Comoros
		Comorian society must appreciate the benefits of developing children to their fullest potential, not only for the children's sake, but for the country's as well.
		However, with the translation of the Convention into the Comorian language and the many efforts which the Government had made in the area of children's rights, the situation was expected to improve.
		Comorian law provided severe punishments for crimes of a sexual nature against girls and women, and a number of such cases were heard by the courts.
	www.unhchr.ch /tbs/doc.nsf/(Symbol)/db7bd82843a49f57c12569810052a05c?Opendocument (5026 words)

	Comoros (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		On February 17, 2000, representatives of the government, the Anjouan separatists, the political opposition, and civil society organizations signed a "Framework Accord for Reconciliation in Comoros," brokered by the Organization for African Unity (OAU).
		The government is struggling to upgrade education and technical training, to privatize commercial and industrial enterprises, to improve health services, to diversify exports, to promote tourism, and to reduce the high population growth rate.
		Although Arab culture is firmly established throughout the archipelago, a substantial minority of the citizens of Mayotte (the Mahorais) are Catholic and have been strongly influenced by French culture.
	www.muestrario.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/c/co/comoros.html (807 words)

	Comorians_of_Madagascar
		Comorians are moving to Madagascar in increasing numbers.
		Language: The four Comorian languages are considered by many linguists to be dialects of Swahili.
		Religion: The religion of the Comorians is Islam with a strong emphasis upon folk and animistic elements.
	cesa.imb.org /peoplegroups/ComoriansofMadagascar.htm (494 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Comorian language
		Comorian (Shikomor) is the most widely used language on the Comoros (independent islands in the Indian Ocean, off Mozambique and Madagascar).
		It is a close relative of Swahili with a very strong Arabic influence, and is one of the three official languages of the Comoros, next to French and Arabic.
		It is also the language of Udzima wa ya Masiwa, the national anthem of the "moon islands" ("al-qamar" is Arabic for "moon").
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Comorian_language (200 words)

	UCLA Language Materials Project Language Profiles Page
		It is the official language of Tanzania and Kenya and is used extensively in Uganda and the eastern provinces of Zaire.
		Swahili is a Bantu language of the Sabaki subgroup of Northeastern Coast Bantu languages.
		For instance, the Bantu languages of the Comoro Islands (Ngazija, Nzwani, Mwali and Maore), often erroneously identified as Swahili dialects, are not understood by Swahili speakers and are different enough from Swahili to be considered separate languages.
	www.lmp.ucla.edu /Profile.aspx?LangID=17&menu=004 (1773 words)

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		Swahili is basically Bantu, most probably related to coastal languages of the Mijikendas {Digo, Giriama, Duruma....}, and to Comorian dialects of the Comoro Islands, but a mixture of many loan words from Arabic, and some European and Asian languages made it stand out as a language of communication between different peoples of East Africa.
		It is one of the languages that have been accepted by the the African Union to be an official language.
		When the Swahili language evolved, and began to gain acceptance among the coastal people, later generations from the Arabs, Asians, Persians and some Africans lost contact with their mother tongues and began to use Swahili as their first language.
	www.geocities.com /salimelhaj/swahili.htm (1406 words)

	Comorian language -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Comorian language -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		No (Click link for more info and facts about official alphabet) official alphabet existed in 1992, but (The Semitic language of the Arabs; spoken in a variety of dialects) Arabic and (Any dialect of the language of ancient Rome) Latin scripts were both used.
		It is also the language of (Click link for more info and facts about Udzima wa ya Masiwa) Udzima wa ya Masiwa, the national anthem of the "moon islands" ("al-qamar" is (The Semitic language of the Arabs; spoken in a variety of dialects) Arabic for " (Any natural satellite of a planet) moon").
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/c/co/comorian_language.htm (172 words)

	The Unreached Peoples Prayer Profiles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Comorians are a blend of settlers from the past: Iranian traders, mainland Africans, Arabs, and Malagasy.
		Comorian communities can be found on all of the islands in the Comoros chain as well as in Madagascar.
		Although French and Arabic are the official languages of the island Comoros, Swahili is the native language spoken by the Comorians.
	www.ksafe.com /profiles/p_code/1586.html (742 words)

	Shimaore (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Shimaore is one of the two indigeneous languages spoken on the island of Mayotte; shimaore being the comorian language, while shibushi clearly descends from languages spoken on Madagascar.
		From a sociolinguistics perspective, French tends to be regarded by many shimaore speakers as the language of higher education and prestige, and there is a temptation by native maorese to provide an all-french education to their children.
		Although French remains the official language in Mayotte, Shimaore will probably be taught in Maorese schools starting in the next few years, and a pilot project began in fall 2004.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/S/Shimaore.htm (548 words)

	Swahilionline.com - Religion
		It is also a local language in Burundi, Comoros Islands (including Mayotte), Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, some parts of southern Sudan and Somalia.Most traders, security personels, and the defense forces in the region use kiswahili to communicate effectively among themselves.
		It is closely related to the Mijikenda group of languages, Pokomo, Ngazija, etc. Over a thousand years of intense and varied interaction with the Middle East, Arabia, Persia, India, China, Portugal, and England has given Swahili a rich infusion of loanwords from a wide assortment of languages.
		The Comorian languages, spoken in the Comoros and Mayotte, are closely related to Swahili.
	www.swahilionline.com /language.html (535 words)

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	Swahili People Profile
		In the 9th to 12th centuries the Benaadir coast of Somalia and the Jubba River Valley was a major center of Swahili culture.
		The Ethnologue says Ngwana, spoken in Zaire, is a pidgin language, but Edgar Polom says it is the language of a community descended from the African helpers of 19th century Arab merchants, so it should at least be considered a Creole.
		Polomé indicates it is similar to Western Tanzania forms of the language, and written forms are close to East African coastal Swahili.
	orvillejenkins.com /profiles/swahili.html (1319 words)

	abstract (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The goal of this paper is to introduce the work that has been carried out on Comorian, an Eastern Bantu language closely related to Kiswahili, and spoken in the Comoro Islands, between Mozambique and Madagascar.
		While little research has been carried out on the four dialects of Comorian (Bantu) by North American linguists, the language has been studied more extensively by German and French linguists, the former in the late 19th century and early 20th century, and the latter in the second half of the 20th century.
		For some time, there was discussion of whether Comorian should actually be considered a dialect of Swahili, but lack of consistent mutual intelligibility was a major factor in the generally accepted decision that Comorian should be classified as a separate language.
	www.ohiou.edu /alta/johan.htm (399 words)

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		The basic identity of the Comorian language, which nevertheless has variant forms specific to each island, is another factor facilitating mutual comprehension between the inhabitants of the four islands.
		The education of Comorian children is dominated by the obligation to respect their elders, both within the family and in society at large.
		Young Comorians are lucky to belong to a community which has elevated partying and festivities to the status of an institution.
	www.law.yale.edu /rcw/rcw/jurisdictions/afe/comoros/Comoros_initial_report.doc (13052 words)

	Itsandra Plongée - Informations Pratiques
		The official religion is Islam (99 % of Comorian muslims are moderate and tolerant).
		The national language is Comorian, a dialect derived from Swahili and Arabic.
		After the Comorian franc (set rate: 1 euro = 492 Comorian francs), the euro is the second currency in the Comoros.
	www.itsandra-plongee.com /infos_en.php (362 words)

	The Unreached Peoples Prayer Profiles
		Comorian communities can be found on all of the islands in the chain, as well as in Madagascar.
		The Comorian are a blend of settlers from the past: Iranian traders, mainland Africans, Arabs, and Malagasy.
		About 27% of all the Comorian live in cities; but whether in rural or urban areas, housing on the island is generally of poor quality.
	www.global12project.com /2004/profiles/p_code2/2439.html (783 words)

	Chichewa language resources
		Chichewa/Chinyanja Chichewa/Chinyanja is a language of the Bantu family widely spoken in south-central Africa.
		Chichewa Bible Chichewa is one of the indigenous languages of Malawi (Africa).
		The Rainbow Bridge Language Translation Team Chichewa Translator Winfred Mkochi Born on 7 November 1977 at Mpamba in Nkhata-Bay, a lakeshore district in the northern part of...
	www.mongabay.com /indigenous_ethnicities/languages/languages/Chichewa.html (1208 words)

	Saudi Aramco World : The Islands of the Moon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The French influence endures in Comorian institutions: the mail, the banks, the telephones, the airport and seaport, the electricity, the plumbing and even the framework of the Comorian government all have their origins in French colonial rule.
		Comorian society is very old and complex and it seems we have been sleeping for 150 years," says Finance Minister Mohammed M'Chamgama, a serious yet affable politician in his late 40's who earned his doctorate at the London School of Economics.
		Today, nearly all children are literate in the Comorian language, which uses the Arabic script, and most are very familiar with Arabic, French and Swahili.
	www.saudiaramcoworld.com /issue/199604/the.islands.of.the.moon.htm (4079 words)

	Survivor: Comoros Surroundings
		The famous Coelacanth, a fish once thought to be extinct for millions of years, is found very much alive in Comorian waters.
		There is an abundance of life in the sea around the islands and one can see everything from giant whales to tiny shrimp.
		There are four varieties of Comorian spoken in the Islands: Shingazidja, Shimwali, Shinzwani, and Shimaore, each one named for the primary island on which it is spoken.
	www.geocities.com /survivorcomoros/comoros.html (529 words)

	Clark, Kathryn M., 1997. Livingstone's Flying Fox, I Presume? . BATS. Vol 15, No 1:8-3. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The combination of environmental teachings from the Koran, the use of a native Comorian language, and scenes familiar to viewers have made it a practically self-distributing environmental message in this Muslim country.
		Ulanga and the Action Comores’ network of Comorian nationals remain nascent organizations, filled with the will but often not the means to overcome the difficulties of transport, communication, and material supplies presented by life in one of the world’s most remote nations.
		Indeed, it is a testament to Comorians’ commitment to their fl bat that I was the sole non-national Action Comores member during over two-thirds of the 1995 expedition.
	www.bonus.com /contour/bats/http@@/www.batcon.org/batsmag/v15n1-3.html (2651 words)

	United Nations Human Rights Website - Treaty Bodies Database - Document - Additional Info from State Party - Comoros
		The undeniable unity of the Comorian people should therefore be sought in their deep-rooted cultural identity, for they share the same language, religion and traditions.
		However, Comorian law is extremely complex, since it is jointly governed by the Shariah, local custom and French law; recognition and observance of the rights of the child are unavoidably the product of a clarification and harmonization of these three sources, which gives rise to a number of problems.
		As a consequence of very low salaries, the endemic unemployment which deprives many Comorians of any sort of income, the fall in the value of exports and the high price of (often imported) staple foods, almost the entire population is forced to live on a somewhat frugal diet.
	www.unhchr.ch /tbs/doc.nsf/0/88223975795314be8025677f0035aa25?Opendocument (13093 words)

	The Unreached Peoples Prayer Profiles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Mwali Comorian live on the islands of Moheli and Anjouan in the Islamic Republic of the Comoros, located in the Indian Ocean between Madagascar and the African nation of Mozambique.
		The Mwali Comorian are a blend of settlers from the past: Iranian traders, mainland Africans, Arabs, and Malagasy.
		Their language is a dialect of Swahili and a part of the Niger-Congo linguistic family.
	www.ksafe.com /profiles/p_code2/2438.html (779 words)

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