The story of Swahili / / John M. Mugane ; cover design by Beth Pratt
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| Autore: |
Mugane John M.
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| Titolo: |
The story of Swahili / / John M. Mugane ; cover design by Beth Pratt
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| Pubblicazione: | Athens, Ohio : , : Ohio University Press, , 2015 |
| ©2015 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (338 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 496.392 |
| Soggetto topico: | Swahili language - History |
| Swahili language - Social aspects | |
| Swahili-speaking peoples - History | |
| Persona (resp. second.): | PrattBeth |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Story of swahili |
| ISBN: | 0-89680-489-5 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910797214003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Africa in world history.