Cutchi-Swahili

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A language of Tanzania

ISO 639-3
ccl
Alternate Names
Asian Swahili
User Population

45,000 (Maho and Sands 2002).

Location

Arusha, Dodoma, Manyara, and Pwani regions, scattered.

Language Status

6a (Vigorous).

Classification
Creole, Swahili based
Dialects

None known. May be intelligible with standard Kiswahili [swh]. Cutchi-Swahili and Asian Swahili may not be the same.

Language Use

L1 of some Gujarati Muslims who came from Zanzibar. Asian Swahili is used by other Asians to communicate with non-English speaking Africans and other Asians who share no common language. Used by all. Also use English [eng].

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Cutchi-Swahili
Other Comments

Regular but distinct phonology, lexical and grammatical differences (Whiteley 1974:73–79). Muslim.