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Aaya. Let's settle it. If you want your query to be handled by experts from Tanzania ask it in Swahili. If you want it to be handled by experts from all over Africa and beyond. Ask it in English.

And I've never bought the notion that Swahili is an African language. Swahili is corrupted arab, Portuguese, hindi and some bantu mixed. It's no African's mother tongue.

If you're avoiding English to escape appearing colonized by the white man, you risk appearing an Arab or hindi slave by speaking Swahili.
You just choose a struggle.
 
Good solution. we shouldn't exclude any poster on account of language. Also, let us not forget sheng(which is, of course, not understood by non-east africans) is heavily used by posters (including myself) on this same forum, and there has never been an issue about it.We really shouldn't tolerate the mongrel (sheng) and frown on the purebreed(swahili) .

As to whether kiswahili is an african language,just a small correction. As per uncle google, Kiswahili is 35% arabic plus a smattering of portuguese and a few others. But it is PREDOMINANTLY(over 60%) A BANTU language,both in syntax and grammar. That's african enough for me.And this africanness is why it is increasingly being adopted widely by african countries including mzansi,where it is now part of the curriculum.

As any good linguistics student knows, even english,a member of the indo-european group of languages(it is related to sanskrit hindu), is a veritable mishmash of anglosaxon,germanic and latin languages; and it has also absorbed words from a thousand other tongues including arabic, Eskimo, swahili, yoruba and even kikuyu. Any great international language(like kiswahili or english) must,of necessity,borrow in order to enlarge its vocabulary and increase its appeal. So no, it is not about avoiding english,slavery,struggle,colonization and all that. Otherwise i'd not bother becoming proficient at speaking and writing in english.

Accomodating swahili posters is simply a question of balance, and appreciating the value of diversity.And there is a health angle/benefit too:scientifically, speaking,reading and writing in several languages(i.e. being multilingual) has been shown to enhance a person's cognitive abilities and delay the onset of mind-degenerative problems such as dementia in oLdeR FolKS. PEACE MAN🙏
 
Hizo channels utazipata pale 10e, dish ni kuanzia 130cm kwenda juu, Ingawa sijakuwa pale hivi karibuni lakini jaribu halafu waeleze ASAS uvumbuzi wako.
 
Essao, nomba ifwe abashumfwa chi swahili ninshi mwatuposa panse. Ninshi fimo fya kulatupita. Ninshi mu Africa twala ikatana shani?
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Its just an assumption that this is an EA forum. If you check old posts in this group, the wisdom of our pioneers they are in English which assists and will continue aiding a huge and wide number of newbies.
 
And to my Tz brothers, accept the reality. English is the universally accepted language of communication, try learning it. We never laugh at bad English.
 
And to my Tz brothers, accept the reality. English is the universally accepted language of communication, try learning it. We never laugh at bad English.
Indians learnt the hard way. They despised English and even scrapped it off their school curriculum dismissing it as a colonialists' language.

These days they're learning slowly but painfully the benefits of speaking English especially while doing business around the world. An Indian who can speak English is regarded highly home and abroad.

And one of the reasons China surpassed them in industry and manufacturing is they put their conservative culture, religion and language ahead of international relations and communication unlike Chinese who have opened up to different cultures and languages.



Mzungu alishatupiga chenga tukubali yaishe..
 
On many other things but this one! Just on this account "Swahili is corrupted arab, Portuguese, hindi and some bantu mixed" its all wrong.
Those are minor, like 10% combined. 90 percent is bantu.
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On many other things but this one! Just on this account "Swahili is corrupted arab, Portuguese, hindi and some bantu mixed" its all wrong.
Those are minor, like 10% combined. 90 percent is bantu.

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Some English words borrowed from other languages.
1. Arabic
Alcohol, algebra, artichoke, cotton, magazine, mattress, sofa, sugar, gazelle, genie, giraffe, assassin, hashish, moonsoon, saffron,tamarind, tariff.
2. French
Ballet, Cafe, croissant, entrepreneur, genre, hos d'oeuvre, lingerie, Renaissance, rendezvous, utensils.
3. German
Delicatessen, fest, Gesundheit, kindergarten, waltz, rucksack, wanderlust.
4. Spanish
Guerilla, macho, patio, plaza, pineta, siesta.
5. Japanese
Karaoke, karate, ninja, origami, tsunami.
6. Native American
Chocolate,moccasin.
7. Chinese
Dim sum, gung-ho, kung-fu, tofu, yin-yang.
8. Swedish
Moped.
9. Italian
Paparazzi, cartoon.
10. Hindu
Loot
11. Sanskrit
Guru, avatar
12. Dutch
Cookie
13. Greek
Metropolis
Etc.....
 
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