Description
The Swahili-speaking coast of Africa has many attractions: its beaches, safaris, and great cultural diversity. This dictionary and phrasebook contains all of the vocabulary and phrases necessary to communicate in Swahili, the most widely spoken African language.
Designed for the visitor, the phrasebook offers vocabulary and phrases for travel and daily life situations. Spoken originally along the eastern coast (the name kiSwahili means 'coastal language'), and now the official language of Tanzania as well as a major language in Kenya, Uganda and the eastern Congo, Swahili is the lingua franca of Eastern Africa, with over 40 million speakers.
This unique, two-part resource provides travelers to Kenya and neighboring nations with the tools they need for daily interaction. The bilingual dictionary has a concise vocabulary for everyday use, and the phrasebook allows instant communication on a variety of topics. Ideal for businesspeople, travelers, students, and aid workers, this guide includes:
- 4,000 dictionary entries
- Phonetics that are intuitive for English speakers
- Essential phrases on topics such as transportation, dining out, and business
- Concise grammar and pronunciation sections
Author: Nicholas Awde
Publisher: Hippocrene Books
Published: 04/01/2002
Pages: 194
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 6.98h x 3.78w x 0.55d
ISBN13: 9780781809054
ISBN10: 0781809053
BISAC Categories:
- Foreign Language Study | African Languages (see also Swahili)
- Foreign Language Study | Multi-Language Dictionaries
- Foreign Language Study | Multi-Language Phrasebooks