Description:
The most comprehensive Swahili-English Dictionary available!
Swahili is spoken by an estimated 200 million people worldwide. It is the most widely spoken African language and the lingua franca of Eastern Africa, including Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, and eastern Congo (Zaire). This comprehensive dictionary is designed to aid speakers of English and Swahili alike in navigating the growing global vocabulary of business, travel, tourism, politics, telecommunications, computers, and the internet.
The two-way Swahili-English/ English-Swahili dictionary features:
- Over 35,000 entries
- Modern and comprehensive vocabulary
- Appendices for English irregular verbs,
- Swahili noun classes, and useful phrases
Brief description: Nicholas Awde is a linguist who was raised in Kenya and now resides in London. He is also the author of Swahili Dictionary & Phrasebook (Hippocrene Books, 2002), among many other language-related publications.