The Five-Minute Linguist - Bite-sized Essays on Language and Languages Second Edition - E.M. Rickerson

The Five-Minute Linguist - Bite-sized Essays on Language and Languages Second Edition - E.M. Rickerson

Is Swahili the language of Africa?

The Five-Minute Linguist - Bite-sized Essays on Language and Languages Second Edition - E.M. Rickerson

Donald Osborn

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This chapter emphasizes the fact that there is no single ‘language of Africa’. Swahili is spoken by a large number of people, but it is mostly limited to east Africa.

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Osborn, Donald. Is Swahili the language of Africa?. The Five-Minute Linguist - Bite-sized Essays on Language and Languages Second Edition. Equinox eBooks Publishing, United Kingdom. p. 266-269 Apr 2012. ISBN 9781908049490. https://www.equinoxpub.com/home/view-chapter/?id=20818. Date accessed: 26 Apr 2024 doi: 10.1558/equinox.20818. Apr 2012

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