Re: CHAT: another new language to check out

Andreas Johansson scripsit:

> In what script is Swahili natively written? Latin? Arabic?
Both.  Originally, only Arabic was used; the oldest known manuscript in
Swahili dates to 1728 and is in the Arabic script.  Latin began to take
over about 1850, and is now standard, although Arabic script is still in
use, especially among rural native speakers (native speakers of Swahili
are only about 10% of the total).

While looking for the answer to this question, I found this amusing page:
http://f2.org/humour/language/swahili.html .

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And through this revolting graveyard of the universe the muffled, maddening
beating of drums, and thin, monotonous whine of blasphemous flutes from
inconceivable, unlighted chambers beyond Time; the detestable pounding
and piping whereunto dance slowly, awkwardly, and absurdly the gigantic
tenebrous ultimate gods -- the blind, voiceless, mindless gargoyles whose soul
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