Africa Linguistics : Kiswahili lessons

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I have received several requests for language lessons. Here’s some that I have found for Kiswahili, I’ll do more for other languages as I have time. I’ve added a list of books at the end of this post and you’ll find them all in the SocioLingo Africa bookstore (US) under the Linguistics Africa category. You can also find them all in the SocioLingo Africa bookstore (UK) under the Linguistics Africa category.

The Kamusi Project maintains the following resources:

• The Internet Living Swahili Learning Center online curriculum
• Swahili Pronunciation Guide, a multimedia online guide to Swahili speech
• Kiswahili Grammar Notes, a comprehensive instructional text
• Swahili Songs and Poetry
• The Swahili Discussion Forum, including a student section
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Mwana Simba is a comprehensive site with some language learning materials as well as songs, proverbs, puzzles etc

http://mwanasimba.online.fr/E_index.html

On-line Kiswahili course: KIKO – Kiswahili kwa Kompyuta (year 2)
http://www.africa.uga.edu/Kiswahili/doe/unitSelect.html

http://www.glcom.com/hassan/lessons/useful_swahili_words.html

Suggested Books (US)

• Swahili-English, English-Swahili Practical Dictionary (Hippocrene Practical Dictionary)
• Teach Yourself Swahili Complete Course Package (Book + 2 CDs) (TY: Complete Courses)
• Swahili: A Foundation for Speaking, Reading, and Writing – Second Edition
• Mazoezi ya Kiswahili (accompanies the book above)
• Swahili (Lonely Planet Phrasebooks)
• Rosetta Stone V2: Swahili, Level 1 (software)

Suggested Books (UK)

• Swahili-English/English-Swahili Practical Dictionary: Spoken in Eastern and Southern Africa (Hippocrene Practical Dictionary)
• Teach Yourself Swahili Complete Course Package (Book + 2 CDs) [With Book] (Teach Yourself Language Complete Courses)
• Swahili: A Foundation for Speaking Reading and Writing
• Swahili (Lonely Planet Phrasebook)
• Rosetta Stone V2 Swahili Level 1 Personal Edition (Mac/PC)(softeare)