(documentation CutchiSwahiliLanguage EnglishLanguage "The CutchiSwahiliLanguage is a SwahiliBasedCreoleLanguage of Kenya. SIL code: CCL. ISO 639-2: crp. Population: No estimate available. Region: Also spoken in Tanzania. Alternate names: ASIAN SWAHILI. Comments: May be adequately intelligible to speakers of standard Swahili. Cutchi-Swahili and Asian Swahili may not be the same. Bilingualism in English. Asian Swahili is used by other Asians in communicating with non-English speaking Africans and other Asians who share no other common language. The first language of some Gujarati Muslims who have come from Zanzibar. It has regular but distinct phonology, lexical, and grammatical differences from Swahili, described by Whitely (1974.73-79). Literacy rate in first language: Below 1%. Literacy rate in second language: 15% to 25%. Ismaili and Ithnasheri Muslim. Also spoken in: Tanzania. (Language name: CUTCHI-SWAHILI.) Alternate names: ASIAN SWAHILI. Comments: May be adequately intelligible to speakers of standard Swahili. Cutchi-Swahili and Asian Swahili may not be identical. Bilingualism in English. The first language of some Gujarati Muslims who have come from Zanzibar. Asian Swahili is used by other Asians in communicating with non-English speaking Africans and other Asians who share no common language. It has a regular but distinct phonology and lexical and grammatical differences, described by Whitely (1974.73-79). Cutchi-Swahili and Asian Swahili may not be identical. Ismaili and Ithnasheri Muslim.(extract from http:/ / www.ethnologue.com/ )") |
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