Swahili

Language

Swahili

Family

Niger-Congo

Ethnologue

ISO

glottolog_id

Agreement table

gloss	layer	stem phonology	i/ii sg animate	i/ii pl animate	iii/iv sg	iii/iv pl	v/vi sg	v/vi pl	vii/viii sg	vii/viii pl	ix/x sg inanimate	ix/x pl inanimate	ix/x sg animate	ix/x pl animate	xi/x sg	xi/x pl	xv
bad	lexeme	v/b-initial	mbaya	wabaya	mbaya	mibaya	baya	mabaya	kibaya	vibaya	mbaya	mbaya	mbaya	wabaya	mbaya	wabaya	kubaya
bad	prefix	v/b-initial	m	wa	m	mi	zero	ma	ki	vi	m	m	m	wa	m	wa	ku
good	lexeme	V-initial	mwema	wema	mwema	myema	jema	mema	chema	vyema	njema	njema	mwema	wema	mwema	wema	kwema
good	prefix	V-initial	mw	w	mw	my	j	m	ch	vy	nj	nj	mw	w	mw	w	kw
small	lexeme	C-initial	mdogo	wadogo	mdogo	midogo	dogo	madogo	kidogo	vidogo	ndogo	ndogo	mdogo	wadogo	mdogo	wadogo	kudogo
small	prefix	C-initial	m	wa	m	mi	zero	ma	ki	vi	n	n	m	wa	m	wa	ku
white	lexeme	VV-initial	mweupe	weupe	mweupe	meupe	jeupe	meupe	cheupe	vyeupe	nyeupe	nyeupe	mweupe	weupe	mweupe	weupe	kweupe
white	prefix	VV-initial	mw	w	mw	m	j	m	ch	vy	ny	ny	mw	w	mw	w	kw
sing	prefix		a	wa	u	i	li	ya	ki	vi	i	zi	a	wa	u	zi	ku
sing	lexeme		anaimba	wanaimba

Ashton, E. O. 1947. Swahili grammar (including intonation). Second edition. Harlow: Longman.

Myachina, E. N. 1981. The Swahili language: a descriptive grammar (translated by G.L. Campdell). - London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1981.

Steere, E. A handbook of the Swahili language as spoken at Zanzibar. Fourth edition, revised by A.B. Hellier. London: The Sheldon Press.