Kutchi-Swahili

Kutchi-Swahili
Kutchi-Swahili
Asian Swahili
Native to	Tanzania, Kenya
Region	Zanzibar, larger cities
Native speakers	45,000 (2002)
Language family	Swahili-based creole
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ccl
Glottolog	cutc1238
Guthrie code	G40A,B

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Kutchi-Swahili, or Cutchi-Swahili, is a Swahili-based creole derived from the Kutchi language of the Kutch district in Gujarat and spoken among the Indian population of East Africa. It is the native language of some Gujarati families from Zanzibar that have settled in the larger cities of mainland Tanzania and Kenya, and is used as a second language by others of the Indian community. In these areas of East Africa, the language is typically only used by Muslim groups, whereas Hindu groups use Gujarati instead.^[3]

In the language, words that are taken from Swahili are often modified to fit Kutchi pronunciation patterns; for instance, the Swahili word "sahani", meaning "plate", becomes "saani" in Kutchi-Swahili.^[4]

Maho (2009) assigns different codes to Kutchi-Swahili and Asian Swahili (Kibabu),^[2] and Ethnologue also notes that these may not be the same.^[1]

References[edit]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Kutchi-Swahili at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
↑ Rahemtullah, Omme-Salma (2021-04-20). "Tongue Tied". South Asian American Digital Archive (SAADA). Retrieved 2021-05-16.
↑ Bachu, Mahida (2014-01-01). "Heritage Voices: Language – Kutchi" (PDF). Center for Applied Linguistics.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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[e18-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Kutchi-Swahili at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)

[Guthrie-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online

[3] Rahemtullah, Omme-Salma (2021-04-20). "Tongue Tied". South Asian American Digital Archive (SAADA). Retrieved 2021-05-16.

[4] Bachu, Mahida (2014-01-01). "Heritage Voices: Language – Kutchi" (PDF). Center for Applied Linguistics.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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