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	Swahili language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Comorian languages, spoken in the Comoros and Mayotte, are closely related to Swahili.
		Although the Swahili noun class system is technically gender, there is a difference from the grammatical gender of European languages: In Swahili, the class assignments of nouns is still largely semantically motivated, whereas the European systems are mostly arbitrary.
		Swahili verbs consist of a root and a number of affixes (mostly prefixes) which can be attached to mean express grammatical persons, tense and many clauses that would require a conjunction in other languages (usually prefixes).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Swahili_language (2504 words)

	Articles - Swahili language (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		The name Swahili comes from the plural of the Arabic word ´´sahel Ø³Ø§ØÙ„´´;: ´´sawahil Ø³ÙˆØ§ØÙ„´´ meaning "boundary" or "coast" (used as an adjective to mean "coastal dwellers" or, by extension, "coastal language").
		Swahili is an official language in Tanzania and Kenya.
		* ´´Kingozi´´: Is a special case as it was the language of the inhabitants of the ancient town of "Ngozi" and is perhaps the basis of the Swahili language.
	www.ranau.net /articles/Swahili_language (1116 words)

	Swahili language
		Swahili is spoken by 30 million people, chiefly in Tanzania, Kenya, Congo (Kinshasa), Burundi, and Uganda, and serves as a lingua franca for additional millions in E Africa, including Europeans, Arabs, and Indians as well as Africans.
		Swahili - Swahili [Arab.,=coast people], name for some of the inhabitants of the Kenya, Tanzania, Somali, and...
		Arabic languages: North Arabic - North Arabic North Arabic, or Arabic, was confined largely to the Arabian Peninsula until the 7th...
	www.factmonster.com /id/A0847370 (252 words)

	Swahili language
		He's Scotland's most-famous unknown soap celeb; Ian is a star in 98 different languages, including Swahili...
		Portuguese conceptual categories and the "Other" encounter on the Swahili coast.
		Microsoft launches Swahili Word: Microsoft's decision to launch a Swahili version of Word is likely to ignite a silent revolution in communications across a large swathe from the east coast to the heart of central Africa.
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/society/A0847370.html (418 words)

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