Cutchi-Swahili

A language of Tanzania

ISO 639: ccl
Alternate Names: Asian Swahili
Population: 45,000 (Maho and Sands 2002).
Location:: Arusha, Dodoma, Manyara, and Pwani regions, scattered.
Language Status: 6a (Vigorous).
Classification: Creole, Swahili based
Dialects: None known. May be intelligible with standard Kiswahili [swh]. Cutchi-Swahili and Asian Swahili may not be the same.
Language Use: L1 of some Gujarati Muslims who came from Zanzibar. Asian Swahili is used by other Asians to communicate with non-English speaking Africans and other Asians who share no common language. Used by all. Also use English [eng].
Other Comments: Regular but distinct phonology, lexical and grammatical differences (Whiteley 1974:73–79). Muslim.

Location: Arusha, Dodoma, Manyara, and Pwani regions, scattered.