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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 cultural representation in East Africa and beyond.
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- Title
- A Language for the World
- Language
- English
- Authors
- unknown
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press
- Publisher
- 2022
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 0821424955
- ISBN13
- 9780821424957
- Description
- 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 cultural representation in East Africa and beyond.