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English Loanwords in Swahili

14th Febr. 03. English Loanwords in Swahili. A presentation from Cornelia, Sevim, Sevde & Alex. Swahili. About 50 million people speak Swahili.

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English Loanwords in Swahili

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  1. 14th Febr. 03 English Loanwords in Swahili A presentation from Cornelia, Sevim, Sevde & Alex

  2. Swahili • About 50 million people speak Swahili • Swahili is the national language in Kenya and Tanzania. It is also spoken in parts of the Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Uganda, Burundi, Zambia & Mozambique. • historical background

  3. train soup bus towel jam Examples:

  4. Hypothesis: • In the Swahili language every loan word ends with a vowel.

  5. Our procedure: • Two native speakers: Caroline is from Scotland, RP Joshua comes from Tanzania • Swahili is a (C)CV – language: A few more examples: screw skurubu bicycle baisikeli hotel hoteli weekend wikiendi

  6. Therefore it is not a coda – language as English.

  7. Syllable structure:

  8. Syllable structure in comparison: bicycle [b - aI - s - I - kl] O - N - O - N - Co baisikeli [b - aI - s - I - k - e - l - I ] O - N - O - N - O - N - O - N O = Onset N = Nucleus Co = Coda

  9. ...The End...

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