Mugane, John M., <br/><br/>
The story of Swahili /John M. Mugane. 

 - Athens, Ohio :  Ohio University Press,  (c)2015. 
 - 1 online resource :  maps. 
 - Africa in world history .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/> Swahili, a language alive --  Swahili, the complex language of a cosmopolitan people --  A grand smorgasbord of borrowings and adaptation --  A classical era : the peak of Swahili prosperity, 1000-1500 CE --  Consolidation of a popular language, 1500-1850s --  The women of Swahili --  The Swahili literary tradition --  Writing Swahili in Arabic characters --  Colonialism and standardization of Swahili, 1850s to the 1960s and beyond --  Modern Swahili : moving on --  Swahili in African American life --  Swahili is for the living. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780896804890 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Swahili language--History.<br/>Swahili language--Social aspects.<br/>Swahili-speaking peoples--History.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PL8701  / .S767 2015