Swahili as a religious language
This paper examines the first two stages of the development of Swahili in eastern Africa, beginning with the role of Swahili as an Afro-Islamic language when it borrowed vocabulary and concepts from Arabic and Islam. Next came the 'oecumenical' stage when the language was also used by miss...
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| Language: | English |
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Brill
1992
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Journal of religion in Africa
Year: 1992, Volume: 22, Issue: 4, Pages: 331-349 |
| Further subjects: | B
Africa
Language
Religion
Christianity
Islam
Language development
Sprachraum
Language usage
Suaheli
B Language B Islam B Swahili B Africa B Religion B Language development B Christianity B Language spread B Language usage B History |
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