02285nam 2200589 450 991079721400332120230126213009.00-89680-489-5(CKB)3710000000441131(EBL)2080603(SSID)ssj0001517885(PQKBManifestationID)11874856(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001517885(PQKBWorkID)11504242(PQKB)11059253(MiAaPQ)EBC2080603(Au-PeEL)EBL2080603(CaPaEBR)ebr11071739(OCoLC)913214314(EXLCZ)99371000000044113120150714h20152015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe story of Swahili /John M. Mugane ; cover design by Beth PrattAthens, Ohio :Ohio University Press,2015.©20151 online resource (338 p.)Africa in World HistoryDescription based upon print version of record.0-89680-292-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Swahili, a language alive --Swahili, the complex language of a cosmopolitan people --A grand smorgasbord of borrowings and adaptation --A classical era : the peak of Swahili prosperity, 1000-1500 CE --Consolidation of a popular language, 1500-1850s --The women of Swahili --The Swahili literary tradition --Writing Swahili in Arabic characters --Colonialism and standardization of Swahili, 1850s to the 1960s and beyond --Modern Swahili : moving on --Swahili in African American life --Swahili is for the living.Africa in world history.Swahili languageHistorySwahili languageSocial aspectsSwahili-speaking peoplesHistorySwahili languageHistory.Swahili languageSocial aspects.Swahili-speaking peoplesHistory.496.392Mugane John M.835426Pratt BethMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910797214003321Story of swahili1867217UNINA