A language for the world : the standardization of Swahili / Morgan J. Robinson.

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"Based on extensive archival research, this intellectual history of Standard Swahili--a dialect of the Swahili language written in the Latin alphabet--argues that attention to the intertwined processes of codification from 1864 to 1964 lends new perspectives on history, colonialism, time, and cultur...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:New African histories series.
Main Author: Robinson, Morgan J., 1986- (Author)
Language:English
Published: Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, [2022]
Series:New African histories series.
Subjects:
Swahili language > Standardization.
Swahili language > History.
Swahili language > Social aspects.
Sociolinguistics > Africa, East.
Swahili language.
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:xv, 270 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm.
Format: Book
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