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The Bravanese language
(Added : 22/07/2005 Hits : 2721 Rating: 10 Votes: 1)
’Bravanese’ is the language spoken in Brava. It is much similar to Swahili and one may legitimately question whether Bravanese is a Swahili dialect or a separate but closely related language..
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NOTES ON THE CI-MIINI DIALECT OF SWAHILI. (W.H. Whitley.)
(Added : 22/07/2005 Hits : 2401)
During the summer of 1961 I had the good fortune to meet to Somalis on their way back home from study in Europe. They were both residents of Brava of the southern Somali coast, and described themselves as Bravanese.
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The Bravanese Alphabet (Using the Arabic Script)
(Added : 22/07/2005 Hits : 1798)
The images below displays the Bravanese Alphabet in the Arabic script. Some letters were added in the original arabic script to satisfy the need of the Bravanese language.
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The worlds most unusual language
(Added : 19/07/2005 Hits : 998)
AS anyone who regularly works with non-English speakers will confirm, there is an astonishing number of languages and dialects in regular use around the world. From Acholi to Zulu by way of Tagalog, Tajik and Taluga, our planet is not short of linguistic variety.
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The Bravanese People
(Added : 19/07/2005 Hits : 927)
A brief introduction of who the Bravanese people are.
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The Leaders - The ’Brawan Ulama’
(Added : 16/07/2005 Hits : 821)
Information about the Bravanese leaders and scholars. Five of the most famous were Sheikh Uways Bin Muhammad Al-Barawi, Sheikh Nurein Ahmed Sabir Al-Hatimy, Sheikh Qassim Bin Muhyiddin Al-Barawi, Dada Masiti and Sheikh Moallim Nur Hajji Abdulkadir.
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PROSODIC FETAURES OF BRAVANESE , A SWAHILI DIALECT
(Added : 22/07/2005 Hits : 778)
BRAVANESE is the dialect of the town of Brava on the coast of Somalia between Mogadiscio and Kismayo. The name Brava is the European version, probably Portuguese originally, of Arabic Barawa.
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