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Archives of Popular Swahili

http://www.lpca.socsci.uva.nl/aps/index.html
Electronic archive of texts in spoken and written Popular Swahili, a non-standard variety of the language, which is the vehicle of Central African popular culture. They are shown in the original accompanied with English translation.
Noun Classification in Swahili

http://www2.iath.virginia.edu/swahili/swahili.html
A scholarly paper on the Swahili language by Ellen Contini-Morava
Say Hello in Swahili

http://www.ipl.org/div/hello/swahili.html
Simple conversational lesson from the Internet Public Library. Links to language and culture resources.
Spell-checker for Swahili

http://www.lingsoft.fi/?doc_id=516&lang=en
Swaspell is a program developed by Lingsoft, that detects basic spelling errors in standard written Swahili.
Swahili Language

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swahili
A description of Swahili with information on noun classes and grammar.
Swahili Profile

http://www.lmp.ucla.edu/Profile.aspx?LangID=17&menu=004
Introduction to Swahili, by University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), including history, dialects, grammatical features, status, and references.
Swahili Thematic Vocabulary

http://lang.swahili.free.fr/index_uk.php
Swahili basic vocabulary including kinship terms, parts of the house, body parts, health, sport, animals, food, pronouns, etc.
The Language Gulper: Swahili

http://www.languagesgulper.com/eng/Swahili.html
Main dialects, basic sounds, writing system, grammar, syntax and basic vocabulary of the most important lingua franca of the East African coast.
Useful Swahili Words

http://www.glcom.com/hassan/swahili.html
Words and everyday phrases with sound files as well as proverbs appearing in a kind of dress (Kanga).

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