Product Description

Containing over 35,000 entries, this comprehensive dictionary is designed to aid speakers of English and Swahili alike in navigating the growing global vocabulary of business, travel, tourism, politics, telecommunications, computers, and the internet. It features up-to-date entries in handy reference form, and includes useful appendices listing English irregular verbs and their translations, Swahili noun classes, and useful phrases and vocabulary.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #28534 in Books
• Published on: 2000-12
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 596 pages

About the Author
Nicholas Awde is an author and linguist specializing in the Caucasus, the Middle East, Central Asia and Africa. He has authored and/or edited more than 25 titles, including a Swahili-English/English-Swahili Dictionary and Phrasebook, also published by Hippocrene.

Customer Reviews

Excellent source and easy to use
This up-to-date dictionary has helped me significantly for increasing my Swahili vocabulary very rapidly. It has many additions in the new version, and is applicable to modern usage in East African countries, as well as American and British English. The shipping was prompt and the item was received without damage.

Indispensible!
Hodi! This book was a lifesaver for me when I was learning Kiswahili. I was always hearing words I did not know, and found myself consulting this book multiple times a day. I highly recommend you use it in combination with immersion and a structured language course. I still use this book regularly, and find that it keeps me fluent.

Could stand improvement; still very helpful
I have been using this dictionary in working with a local family-- newcomers to the U.S-- who speak Swahili and very little English. I am not trying to use the dictionary to learn Swahili . . . just to communicate very basic ideas, like why it's important for the refrigerator door to be able to close completely ["jijidudu," anyone?] For my purposes, this dictionary is superior to other ones that I have seen. As the title suggests, it is focused on practical words, not just on words specific to travel (such as "Where is the baggage counter?") However, this dictionary is indeed missing some common words, and includes some others that seem like strange choices. . . . do I really need a translation of "Crikey!"?