Question

someone please help !! iv been workin on this for weeks !

Answer 1

the impact of migrations on swahili ?
what does this mean ?

Answer 2

IDK D; sorry

Answer 3

:/

Answer 4

try google? oh and can u help me?

Answer 5

iv tried. google sucks lol and if i can :)

Answer 6

@Carl_Pham this question

Answer 7

what is it for

Answer 8

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Answer 9

I have no idea. The history of Africa is a closed book to me, I've never studied it. If I had to guess, I'd say you're being asked to explain how the ebb and flow of people and political boundaries has affected the development of the language.

A parallel can perhaps be made to English or French. English, now, is a seriously mongrel language, which has been profoundly influenced by many other cultures and languages. It began as a mixed Nordic-Germanic tongue (Anglo-Saxon) that was impoted to England when the Danes and Angles conquered it. It drew some influence from the conquered Celts. When the English were overrun by the Normans in 1066, there was a huge influence on English by Norman French, which shifted English from a quite Germanic tongue (Old English) to something more influenced by Latin (Middle English). Later still, in the 17th and 18th centuries, the time of English colonization and exploration, you had still more influence from foreign languages, which probably just contribute to the loosening of its grammatical rules and the importation of vocabulary.

On the other hand, French has pretty much stayed put. Aside from the brief occupation by Nazi Germany, France has remained unconquered since the Romans left, so it has had much less violent intermarriage with other languages and other cultures. Much French can be traced straight back to Latin, with perhaps some small influence from the native Celts and the Germans who were Romanized by Caesar.

I don't know into which camp Swahili belongs, but it's probably one or the other: either it has been mongrelized and expanded by forced marriage of cultures, due to conquest or migration, or it has remained insular, unaffected by such things.

Answer 10

why are u telling me about the celts,germans,french ect ?

Answer 11

Because I am guessing it is a parallel to the situation you're examining, and it's history I actually know, unlike the history of Swahili and Africa. That's the best I can do for you.