was swahili a written lanuage?
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I am pretty sure it was. The Quran was written in swahilli...i think? lol. I do know that it can be written. But a long time ago, i would say that it was.
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When people first started writing\n\nThe invention of the first writing systems is roughly contemporary with the beginning of the Bronze Age in the late Neolithic of the late 4th millennium BC. The first writing system is generally believed to have been the Sumerian script, which developed into cuneiform. Egyptian hieroglyphs, and the undeciphered Proto-Elamite script and Indus Valley script also date to this era, though a few scholars have questioned the Indus Valley script's status as a writing system.
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hmm ... i would like to write something, but theres no need written whats already well written\n\nhope this helps =)
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Sorry I didn't answer in time, but I thought you might like to know more about Swahili anyway.\n\nSwahili is a language spoken in East Africa, most predominantly in Tanzania & Kenya.  Tanzania is a republic with a President & Prime Minister.  I believe Kenya is also a Republic.  This describes the basic governmental set-up, but the links below connect to the government websites for more information.\n\nBoth governments were established in the early 1960's as Britain pulled occupational governments out & the countries obtained "freedom."
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Swn (Si-n)It's African.
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yes...it's perfect if you are following Vuk Karadzic's  advice: write as you speak and read as you write (but I think it was only for Serbian language...:)))))
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I can't think of any others myself, but if you can get ahold of the book "Alphabetical Africa" by Walter Abish, it should be able to help you.  It's a crazy book with entire chapters written made up of words just using these letters.  Hard to find, but check some libraries, they might be able to borrow it from somewhere for you.
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plz write in english.
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There have been many written in Arabic, which is against Yahoo! Answers' rules. If you do see these, help us and Yahoo! by clicking the Report Abuse link next to the offending post. Arabic is the only language that I have seen on Yahoo! Answers with non-english characters.
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Never as far as I know.  It wasn't considered to be a language but a form of slang.  Everywhere it was proposed to be taught shot it down.
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Well one was written in english, the other in latin. That's kind of a difference.
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likhna is writing \nlikhana is somebody is making u write \nlikhwana is wen sombody else writes for u
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Wolof is a language spoken on the western part of africa (Senegal, cote d'ivroe, ect.)  I believe and don't quote me that it is one of the african dialects that cannot be written but only spoken.  I know that in Senegal the official language is french but many of the natives make it a point to learn their native dialect.
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The Rosetta Stone was written in Egyptian hieroglyphs, demotic characters and Greek. Greek was more widely known so it was used to decipher Egyptian hieroglyphs.
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In written form through the Bible.
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African?\n\nShe wrote Their Eyes Were Watching God...
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well uk english had spelling like programme usa spells it program.  what english did you learn? most From Africa learn uk english I think.