Product Overview
Modern Swahili New Testament / Habari Njema Kwa Watu Wote / Agano Jipya Katika Kiswahili Cha Siku Hizi / World Missionary Press / Kiswahili NT
SOFTCOVER - VINYL BOUND
ISBN: 9789966400710 / 978-9966400710
ISBN-10: 9966400710
PAGES: 474
PUBLISHER: Bible Society Zair
Language: Kiswahili
English Description:
Swahili, also known by its native name Kiswahili, is a Bantu language and the first language of the Swahili people. It is a lingua franca of the African Great Lakes region and other parts of East and Southern Africa, including Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, some parts of Malawi, Somalia, Zambia, Mozambique and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Comorian, spoken in the Comoros Islands, is sometimes considered a dialect of Swahili, although other authorities consider it a distinct language.
In the region of East Africa which covers countries such as Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and others, there are approximately 150 million who speak and read Swahili. While many in these regions are multilingual, meaning people speak English, Swahili, and a mother tongue, in written form, reading comprehension of Swahili exceeds English.