The greater part of Pazande speaking territory is situated at a reasonable distance from the major swahilophone territories and most speakers of Zande have never been in close contact with speakers of Kiswahili. Only when Tippu Tip reached the north-eastern areas of present DR Congo and claimed a political position of power, did the Zande came into contact with Kiswahili. This contact was not intense and, as such, the few Kiswahili loanwords that exist in Zande have never been a topic of research. Such loanwords, however, do exist, e.g. kiti ‘chair’, and may have entered the language via Lingala or, due to its geographical proximity, the variety Bangala.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:DRESDEN/oai:qucosa:de:qucosa:70972 |
| Date | 15 June 2020 |
| Creators | Pasch, Helma, Kumbatulu, Charles |
| Contributors | Universität Leipzig |
| Source Sets | Hochschulschriftenserver (HSSS) der SLUB Dresden |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion, doc-type:article, info:eu-repo/semantics/article, doc-type:Text |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| Relation | 1614-2373, urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa2-709585, qucosa:70958 |
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