Swahili
Swahili is documented on Dialect Atlas across 4 dialects, including Congo Swahili, Kimvita, Sheng.
Dialects of Swahili
- Congo SwahiliKingwanaThe Swahili used as a lingua franca across eastern DR Congo. A simplified contact variety, structurally divergent from the East African standard.
- KimvitaMombasa SwahiliThe historical Swahili variety of Mombasa and the Kenyan coast. The classical literary Swahili of the 18th and 19th centuries.
- ShengThe youth vernacular of urban Kenya, especially Nairobi. A code-mixed register drawing on Swahili, English, and various Kenyan languages.
- Standard SwahiliKiswahili SanifuThe Tanzania-based literary and educational standard of Swahili. Modelled on the Zanzibari Kiunguja variety; Tanzania's national language and a continental lingua franca.
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