English Loanwords in Swahili 14th Febr. 03 A presentation from Cornelia, Sevim, Sevde & Alex

Swahili  Swahili is the national language in Kenya and Tanzania. It is also spoken in parts of the Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Uganda, Burundi, Zambia & Mozambique.  About 50 million people speak Swahili  historical background

Examples: train soup bus towel jam

Hypothesis: In the Swahili language every loan word ends with a vowel.

Our procedure: Two native speakers: Caroline is from Scotland, RP Joshua comes from Tanzania Swahili is a (C)CV – language: A few more examples: screwskurubu bicyclebaisikeli hotel hoteli weekendwikiendi

Therefore it is not a coda – language as English.

Syllable structure:

Syllable structure in comparison: bicycle [b - a I - s - I - kl] O - N - O - N - Co baisikeli [b - a I - s - I - k - e - l - I ] O - N - O - N - O - N - O - N O = Onset N = Nucleus Co = Coda

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