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Specifically, Jambo is a Swahili language word that belongs to noun classes 5-6 for "collectives". Jambo primarily means 'affair', [1] in the sense of commercial, professional, public or personal business. [2] [3] Etymologically it is from amba (-amba) meaning to say. It is a cognate with Zulu. Secondary meanings include dealing with a thing ...
The Dholuo dialect (pronounced [2]) or Nilotic Kavirondo, is a dialect of the Luo group of Nilotic languages, spoken by about 4.2 million Luo people of Kenya and Tanzania, [3] who occupy parts of the eastern shore of Nam Lolwe (Lake Victoria) and areas to the south.
Pokomo (Kipfokomo) is a Bantu language spoken primarily along the East African coast near Tana River in the Tana River District by the Pokomo people of Kenya.Kipfokomo language originated from "Kingozi" the language, which Kiswahili was built from.
Jambo Means Hello: Swahili Alphabet Book is a 1974 picture book written by Muriel Feelings and illustrated by Tom Feelings. It is an abecedarium of Swahili terms for the 24 letters in the Swahili alphabet. Jambo Means Hello won the 1974 Boston Globe–Horn Book Award for Picture Book and was awarded a Caldecott Honor in 1975.
List of basic phrases and words. [6]Good morning – wabukire Good afternoon – wasibire Good night - ukeyesaye buholho Thank you (very much) – wasingya (kutsibu) How are you? – ghune wuthi?
Sheng is primarily a Swahili and English-based cant, perhaps a mixed language or creole, originating among the urban youth of Nairobi, Kenya, and influenced by many of the languages spoken there. While primarily a language of urban youths, it has spread across social classes and geographically to neighbouring Tanzania and Uganda .
Swahili nouns are separable into classes, which are roughly analogous to genders in other languages. In Swahili, prefixes mark groups of similar objects: m- marks single human beings (mtoto 'child'), wa- marks multiple humans (watoto 'children'), u- marks abstract nouns (utoto 'childhood'), and so on. And just as adjectives and pronouns must ...
"Thank U" debuted on the US Billboard Hot 100 Airplay chart at number 42. [15] A week later, it debuted on the Modern Rock Tracks at number 19. [ 16 ] The same week, the song climbed to number 11 on the Hot 100 Airplay chart, [ 16 ] On the issue of November 28, 1998, "Thank U" topped the Adult Top 40 Tracks chart. [ 17 ]