Introduction

Swahili is a Bantu language with significant Arabic, Persian, and other foreign influences. Kiswahili Sanifu (Standard Swahili) is the official Swahili that is used in education systems in East and Central Africa. It is also the national languages of Kenya and Tanzania. Standard Swahili is understood by any Swahili-speaking person from any region in East Africa. The Swahili language uses the Latin alphabet without any diacritics.

Swahili Alphabet

Swahili has five vowels:

Introduction

Swahili has a logical structure built around noun classes, pronouns, and verb conjugation. To construct a sentence, we must attach a certain number of affixes : prefixes, infixes and suffixes to a root word (usually a verb) according to the situation. The general position scheme of these affixes in relation to the verb radical is as follows:

Prefixes + Infixes + radical (root) + Suffixes

affixes and their functions