Swahili-English/ English-Swahili Concise Dictionary

This essential, portable Swahili-English resource puts instant communication at your fingertips! Spoken by over 200 million people worldwide, Swahili is the most widely spoken African language and the lingua franca of Eastern Africa, including Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, and eastern Congo (Zaire). This concise volume is a perfect dictionary for adults and students learning Swahili, as well as for travelers, businesspeople, journalists, government and NGO personnel, and aid workers visiting Eastern Africa. Features include: A brief introduction to the Swahili language and pronunciation14,000 total word-for-word entriesPhonetic pronunciation for English wordsPart of speech and grammatical information for each entryAvailable in print and e-book format