The story of how Swahili became Africa’s most spoken language
Posted on Mon 07 March 2022 in Africa • Tagged with Swahili, African Bantu, Mogadishu, Somalia, Sofala, Mozambique, African Union, AU, Uganda
John M. Mugane, Harvard University
Once just an obscure island dialect of an African Bantu tongue, Swahili has evolved into Africa’s most internationally recognised language. It is peer to the few languages of the world that boast over 200 …
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