Comorian leid

Comorian
Shikomor
Spoken natively in	Comoros an Mayotte
Region	Throughoot Comoros an Mayotte; also in Madagascar an Réunion
Native speakers	700,000  (1993–2000)
Leid faimlie	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Bantu Northeast Coast Bantu Sabaki Swahili Comorian
Leid codes
ISO 639-3	Variously: zdj – Ngazidja dialect wni – Ndzwani (Anjouani) dialect swb – Maore Comorian wlc – Mwali dialect
Guthrie code	G.44

Comorian (Shikomor) is the maist widely uised leid on the Comoros (independent islands in the Indian Ocean, aff Mozambique an Madagascar) an Mayotte. It is a set of Swahili dialects but wi a muckle stranger Arabic influence than staundart Swahili. Each island haes a different dialect; that o Anjouan is cawed Shindzuani, that o Mohéli Shimwali, that o Mayotte Shimaore, an that o Grande Comore Shingazija. Nae offeecial alphabet existit in 1992, but Arabic an Latin scripts wur baith uised.

Shimasiwa is anither name for Comorian, meanin "leid o islands". It is the leid o Udzima wa ya Masiwa, the naitional anthem.

Bibliography

• Ahmed-Chamanga, Mohamed. (1992) Lexique Comorien (shindzuani) - Français. Paris: L'Harmattan.
• Ahmed-Chamanga, Mohamed. (1997) Dictionnaire français-comorien (dialecte Shindzuani). Paris: L'Harmattan.
• Johansen, Aimee. A History of Comorian Linguistics. in John M. Mugane (ed.), Linguistic Typology and Representation of African Languages. Africa World Press. Trenton, New Jersey.

Freemit airtins

• (2009) Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th, Dallas, Texas: SIL International.
• (2009) Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th, Dallas, Texas: SIL International.
• (2009) Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th, Dallas, Texas: SIL International.
• (2009) Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th, Dallas, Texas: SIL International.
• Shingazidja