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Swahili

The name derives from an Arabic word , the plural of
sahel, which means coast. The are the descendants of the Arabs who came
to the East African coast and intermarried with the Local Bantu-speakers. Arab
traders sailed down to the coast on the north-east monsoon winds, between
November and April, and sailed back up to south-west on the reverse monsoon
winds, between June and October, already in pre-Islamic times.
The coast, the land of Zenj to the Arabs, was inhabited by peoples of
undetermined origin-perhaps by Bushmanoid groups, by Bantu speakers, perhaps by
Cushitic-speakers, perhaps even by people of Indonesian ancestry(who had settled
in Madagascar as early as the first ...

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The Swahili and Shirazi
people have almost indistinguishable from each other. They are mainly traders
and small businessmen. Trade was increasing. The material attractions of East
Africa were ivory, rhino horn, turtle shell, and slaves.
The three most important dialects of Swahili are Kiunguja, spoken on
Zanzibar and in other mainland areas of Tanzania; Kimvita, spoken in Mombasa and
other areas of Kenya; and Kiamu, spoken on the island of Lamu and adjoining
parts of the coast. Standard Swahili is based on the Kinguja ...

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Added: 7/31/2005 09:08:36 PM
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