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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
Write a “grammar sketch,” i.e. a short description of Swahili grammar, based on the data provided here. Write your description in prose, including charts and/or tree diagrams where helpful. You may follow the suggested outline below, or you may create your own. Data sources: Ashton (1944); Barrett-Keach (1985); Comrie (1976b); Healey (1990b); Vitale (1981).
Possible outline for grammar sketch
Introduction: language name, where spoken, number of speakers, basic typological information. (Swahili is spoken primarily in Tanzania and Kenya, and is recognized as a national language in both countries. Many different dialects exist; this exercise is based on “Standard Swahili,” as reflected in various published grammars.)
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