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Google Translate is a web-based free-to-user translation service developed by Google in April 2006. [11] It translates multiple forms of texts and media such as words, phrases and webpages. Originally, Google Translate was released as a statistical machine translation service. [11] The input text had to be translated into English first before ...
Swahili Ajami script refers to the alphabet derived from Arabic script that is used for the writing of Swahili language. [1] Ajami is a name commonly given to alphabets derived from Arabic script for the use of various African languages, from Swahili to Hausa, Fula, and Wolof . In the 2010s, there has been work on creating new Unicode ...
Kinjikitile gave his people 'holy water' (Swahili: maji) - consisting of water mixed with millet and castor oil - claiming that it would protect them from German bullets. His followers wore millet stalks around their foreheads, and were equipped with an arsenal that included cap guns, spears and arrows.
Swahili, also known by its local name Kiswahili, is a Bantu language originally spoken by the Swahili people, who are found primarily in Tanzania, Kenya and Mozambique (along the East African coast and adjacent littoral islands). [6] The number of current Swahili speakers, be they native or second-language speakers, is estimated to be over 200 ...
Specifically, Jambo is a Swahili language word that belongs to noun classes 5-6 for "collectives". Jambo primarily means 'affair', in the sense of commercial, professional, public or personal business. Etymologically it is from amba (-amba) meaning to say. It is a cognate with Zulu. Secondary meanings include dealing with a thing, issue or matter.
Luba-Kasai, also known as Cilubà or Tshilubà, [4] Luba-Lulua, [5] [6] is a Bantu language ( Zone L) of Central Africa and a national language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, alongside Lingala, Swahili, and Kikongo ya leta . An eastern dialect is spoken by the Luba people of the East Kasai Region and a western dialect by the Lulua ...
Swahili: 1940 Elisi katika Nchi ya Ajabu: Edward St Lo Malet Re-edition 1966, London: Sheldon Press. Swahili: 2015 Alisi Ndani ya Nchi ya Ajabu: Ida Hadjivayanis Portlaoise: Evertype, ISBN 978-1-78201-122-4. Swedish: 1870 Alice's Äfventyr i Sagolandet: Emily Nonnen Stockholm: Oscar L. Lamm. Facsimile edition 1984, Stockholm, Rediviva, ISBN 91 ...
The common Swahili term in Tanzania for these languages is lugha ya alama (ya Tanzania), meaning '(Tanzanian) sign language'. The term lugha ya bubu meaning 'mute/dumb language' is also used, but it is pejorative and offensive.