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akili amini andika asikari asili bari baya bidii burre cause chenyi cheo Class conj dogo edited enda enyi epesi fanya fanyiza fayida fetha form frasi fullani funga geuza gháfala ginsi Give good GRAMMAR gumu halisi haramia haribu haswa hati hatta hesabu hila ijara inchi ingi jamii jina kadiri kali kasisi kata kaza Keep killa kipande kosa lenyi majilio Make mali mani marra mashaka Masiya mbele mdudu meaning merikebu methali moyo Muungu mvinyo mwenyi neno neut nguvu noun nouns nussu nyama one's oneself ongoza onya p. t. na pf pasipo pass pata person piga pita place Plur prefix prep punguza relative root sanamu sauti serkali sharti shauri shika shinda ship sifa Sing small sumbua Swahili Take tengeneza thaifu time tumia ungwana used uthia uwongo verb verbs vita vunja vuta wazi weka yenyi zayidi zuia zuri
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Page vi - There is probably no African language so widely known as the Swahili. It is understood along the coasts of Madagascar and Arabia, it is spoken by the Seedees in India, and is the trade language of a very large part of Central or Intertropical Africa. Zanzibar traders penetrate sometimes even to the western side of the continent, and they are in the constant habit of traversing more than half of it with their supplies of Indian and European goods. Throughout this immense district any one really familiar...