Comments on: Is Swahili a Pidgin? http://www.memhr.org/blog/2008/07/is-swahali-a-pidgin/ Bear with me here, I'm not too good at this. Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:50:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Eurodesi http://www.memhr.org/blog/2008/07/is-swahali-a-pidgin/comment-page-1/#comment-272 Eurodesi Tue, 22 Jul 2008 08:32:20 +0000 http://memhr.org/blog/?p=72#comment-272 "This section begins by debunking the myth that Swahili is a pidgin, although conceding that pidginized forms of Swahili exist. ... Is Swahili a pidgin? No, not historically and not in the mouths of native speakers." - An introduction to African languages, Childs GT, 2003. "Pidgins are not the native language of any speech community, but are instead learned as second languages." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pidgin) "Although only 5-10 million people speak it as their native language,[1] Swahili is a lingua franca of much of East Africa and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is a national or official language of four nations, and is the only language of African origin among the official working languages of the African Union." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swahili_language) “This section begins by debunking the myth that Swahili is a pidgin, although conceding that pidginized forms of Swahili exist. … Is Swahili a pidgin? No, not historically and not in the mouths of native speakers.” – An introduction to African languages, Childs GT, 2003.

“Pidgins are not the native language of any speech community, but are instead learned as second languages.” (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pidgin)

“Although only 5-10 million people speak it as their native language,[1] Swahili is a lingua franca of much of East Africa and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is a national or official language of four nations, and is the only language of African origin among the official working languages of the African Union.” (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swahili_language)

]]> By: Temaharay http://www.memhr.org/blog/2008/07/is-swahali-a-pidgin/comment-page-1/#comment-271 Temaharay Mon, 21 Jul 2008 23:45:15 +0000 http://memhr.org/blog/?p=72#comment-271 Hey Abhi, my little post caught your attention, eh? Well, if we are talking about perception... then I dunno. I, as sure hell, don't know what you perceive; I can only infer things from your words, and I was sure that you were <b>implying</b> that Swahili was a pidgin. However, you might have wiggle room in the interpretation. Clarification is key to comprehension, if murder to poetics. Hey Abhi, my little post caught your attention, eh?

Well, if we are talking about perception… then I dunno. I, as sure hell, don’t know what you perceive; I can only infer things from your words, and I was sure that you were implying that Swahili was a pidgin. However, you might have wiggle room in the interpretation.

Clarification is key to comprehension, if murder to poetics.

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