A Conversation for Chips Mayai - 2nd National Dish of Tanzania?

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JSLowe

"Tanzania is a nation made up of many tribes2, all speaking languages based on a common Bantu root." No, there are various pasturalist tribes (notably the Massai), in addition to the bushmen, who don't speak bantu originated tribal languages.

"The prefix 'ki' means language in Swahili" No it doesn't!! (It indicates a singular of a noun in the ki/vi noun class, a class that comprises languages, but also no end of other things such as chair/chairs ("kiti/viti").

"'Wa' is the Swahili for 'tribe'" Wrong again: it just indicates another noun class plural, as opposed to its singular.

Please, stop making it up as you go along!


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