KiKAR
| KiKAR | |
|---|---|
| Kikeya | |
| Region | British East Africa |
| Era | mid 20th century |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | kika1240 |
G.40H[1] | |
KiKAR is, or was, a Swahili pidgin spoken among the King's African Rifles (KAR) of British colonial East Africa (Kenya, Uganda, Malawi). Although there were, by design, no native Swahili speakers among the KAR, Swahili still functioned as the lingua franca, and a simplified version of it served as a military jargon and pidgin for the troops.
It is not clear if KiKAR is still spoken. Maho (2009) does not list it as extinct.[1]
References
- ^ a b Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
- Mutonya, Mungai, & Timothy Parsons, 2004. "KiKAR: A Swahili variety in Kenya's colonial army", Journal of African Languages and Linguistics 25:111–125.
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