Reading list

Swahili IV

Course
AF1214
First cycle
7.5 credits (ECTS)

About the Reading list

Valid from
Autumn semester 2025 (2025-09-01)
Decision date
2025-06-12

Obligatory literature / Obligatorisk litteratur

Course material on the university learning platform (maximum reading: 400 pages).


Reference literature / Referenslitteratur

Grammars:

Mohammed, M. A. 2001. Modern Swahili Grammar. Nairobi: East African Educational Publishers

Mpiranya, Fidele. 2015. Swahili grammar and workbook. London/New York: Routledge.

Polomé, Edgar. 1967. Swahili language handbook. https://eric.ed.gov/?q=swahili+language+handbook&id=ED012888

Thompson, Katrina Daly; Schleicher, Antonia Folarin. 2001. Swahili Learners' Reference Grammarhttps://eric.ed.gov/?q=swahili&pg=4&id=ED455681


Dictionaries:

Lodhi, Abdulaziz Y. & Otterbrandt, Tommy. 1987. Kortfattad Swahili-Svensk och Svensk- Swahili Ordbok. Uppsala: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet

Massamba, D. P. B. and Institute of Kiswahili Research. 1996. TUKI English-Swahili dictionary: Kamusi ya Kiingereza-Kiswahili. Dar es Salaam: University of Dar es Salaam, Institute of Kiswahili research.


Linguistic terminology:

https://glossary.sil.org/term