Swahili-English Dictionary (Classic Reprint)

Description: This Dictionary is an attempt to bring together in a convenient form materials for the study of the language most widely known throughout East and Central A frica, and to combine them in the light of a long, though in various ways limited, experience. It would be more accurately described as an annotated vocabulary of the dialect of Swahili commonly spoken in Zanzibar city. It cannot lay claim to the formal completeness, especially in the treatment of verbs, which attaches to the idea of a dictionary, and it deals with a dialect which in respect of a large number of words is distinguished by the Swahilis themselves from the Swahili dialect of the coast. It is based on the lists of words, singularly accurate and relatively complete in themselves, furnished by Bishop Steere s Handbook of Swahili and scattered throughout his collections and translations, and on Krapf s Dictionary of Swahili works issued more than twenty years ago. Later sources have also been drawn upon, especially Pere Sacleux s Dictionnaire fratigaisswahili, 1891, and the ever-increasing volume of Swahili literature (chiefly dotuments, letters, stories and poetry) due to the industry and scientific enthusiasm of German colonists and scholars. No work, however, at present exists (1903) which attempts the same object as the present. ,I twas beyond the scope of Bishop Steere splan to supply more than full lists of useful words. As to Krapf smonumental work, it may be enough to express a hope that it will never be re-edited. (Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.) About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology. Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been mad

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