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-Swahili people - born of Swahili parents, mother tongue is Kswahili, live in coastal region, unique culture (God) ornamental art, architecture, etc.) -Kswahili developed for interaction bet east coast people of Kenya + traders from Indian Ocean communities -Kswahili - Kingosi - form of Bantu language; borrowed from Arabic, Chinese, Hindu, Portuguese -> cocktail of Bantu + foreign languages -> 1st Swahili dialects - movement of people -until 16thC - Kswahili - history not recorded -East Coast of Africa - Bantu language group -> language is a carrier of culture - if a lang does not rep one's culture, there'll be resistance in accepting that language. - why was Kswahili accepted by non-native speakers in the African East Coast = Kswahili - not just words, but in all other cultural expression - arts, clothing, etc. - Hello -> "hu jambo?" (are you ok?); response: "si jambo" (I'm well) (si yambo - another dialect) - greeting - islamic/arabic -> "assalam alaikum" (peace be w/ you); response: "waiykum salaam" = to elders: "shika moo" (I'm holding your feet - showing response); response: "mara haba" (I'm blessing you) "I touch the ground" -Swahili proverb: "A patient man eats a ripe fruit." -Current Swahili greetings (youth) => "Mambo Poa" - distorted from original form - (shortened) - slang greeting: Mambo ("things") How are things? Response: Poa ("fine" "cool") all right =some people in Kenya have not accepted this kind of language =Karibu singular "welcome" - "Karibuni" - plural. = "jambo" - shortened hujambo/sijambo "hakuna" - there is no; "matata" - problem (slang) matatiso - formal form "pole pole" - slowly
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