Yahya Ali Omar
Biographic Data
| ID | 3662865 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Yahya Ali Omar |
| GIVEN NAMES | Yahya Ali |
| FAMILY NAME | Omar |
| SIGNATURE | OMAR Y A |
| AFFILIATIONS | SOAS University of London |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1985 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Idea of 'the Holy' in Swahili
On dit quelquefois que les langues Bantoues preferent les mots concrets et sont pauvres en concepts abstraits, et, de fait, on ne trouve pas le mot 'saint' dans les quatre volumes des Langues Bantoues de Guthrie (1971). Hors ce dernier a fait une selection, car le concept de la saintete n'est pas absent dans cette famille de langues. Le swahili, membre de cette famille et parle par les peuples swahilis, peut etre decrite comme une langue de l'Isl…
An Historical Review of the Arabic Rendering of Swahili Together with Proposals for the Development of a Swahili Writing System in Arabic Script (Based on the Swahili of Mombasa)
This article provides an historical review of the Arabic rendering of Swahili, while Appendix A (Parts I and II) contains proposals for the development of Arabic script to yield a phonologically adequate writing system for a variety of Swahili spoken on the East African coast – the variety known as kiMvita (central Swahili), and spoken from just north of T’akaungu to Mombasa, and thence as far south as Gasi. Parallel possibilities for the refinem…
The Word for 'God' in Swahili
Les autochtones, habitants de la terre Swahili sur la cote est-africaine (Somaliland et Mozambique), utilisent un langage particulier pour parler de Dieu. Le mot mngu ou dieu est utilise par les Swahili pour designer celui qu'on adore. Ce qui importe pour les Swahili n'est pas le mot utilise pour faire reference a celui qui est adore, mais les attributs accordes au mot. Si la religion est evolutive, le terme linguistique designant un etre surnatu…
Swahili letters from the Taylor papers (being a study of Soas MS 47769 & MS 47782)
Siku Ya Mwaka
Les Swahili de l'Afrique de l'Est, d'origine musulmane et de langue bantue, notamment les Mombosa, fetent le premier janvier. Seule une douzaine de tribus poursuivent la tradition de la nouvelle annee swahili basee sur le calendrier de l'annee solaire. Elles expriment ainsi leurs espoirs et leurs craintes en priant Dieu de delivrer les Swahili du mal pour les 365 jours a venir
Dental and alveolar stops in Kimvita Swahili
Syntactic valency and contextual specialization
In Johnson's Standard Swahili-English dictionary (1939) the meaning of the verb-Shika is described as follows:hold fast, take hold of, keep hold on, seize, grasp, keep. A common word with a wide range of application, e.g. (1) get hold on, press hard on, be on the mind, put in difficulties; (2) keep a hold on, persevere in; (3) hold to, keep to, observe, remember, attend to, obey; (4) determine, resolve, make up the mind to; (5) also as Intrans. h…
Swahili gestures
In this paper a number of gestures used by Kenya coastal Swahili speakers is described. We describe gestures that are associated with speech in various ways ranging from some requiring speech as they are performed to others referred to via verbs or phrases which are performed non-verbally. We attempt to place the verbal-dependent gestures on a continuum of verbal—non-verbal communication. We also describe verbally-independent gestures and gestura…
Swahili gestures
In this paper a number of gestures used by Kenya coastal Swahili speakers is described. We describe gestures that are associated with speech in various ways ranging from some requiring speech as they are performed to others referred to via verbs or phrases which are performed non-verbally. We attempt to place the verbal-dependent gestures on a continuum of verbal—non-verbal communication. We also describe verbally-independent gestures and gestura…
An Historical Review of the Arabic Rendering of Swahili Together with Proposals for the Development of a Swahili Writing System in Arabic Script (Based on the Swahili of Mombasa)
This article provides an historical review of the Arabic rendering of Swahili, while Appendix A (Parts I and II) contains proposals for the development of Arabic script to yield a phonologically adequate writing system for a variety of Swahili spoken on the East African coast – the variety known as kiMvita (central Swahili), and spoken from just north of T’akaungu to Mombasa, and thence as far south as Gasi. Parallel possibilities for the refinem…
Swahili gestures
In this paper a number of gestures used by Kenya coastal Swahili speakers is described. We describe gestures that are associated with speech in various ways ranging from some requiring speech as they are performed to others referred to via verbs or phrases which are performed non-verbally. We attempt to place the verbal-dependent gestures on a continuum of verbal—non-verbal communication. We also describe verbally-independent gestures and gestura…
Syntactic valency and contextual specialization
In Johnson's Standard Swahili-English dictionary (1939) the meaning of the verb-Shika is described as follows:hold fast, take hold of, keep hold on, seize, grasp, keep. A common word with a wide range of application, e.g. (1) get hold on, press hard on, be on the mind, put in difficulties; (2) keep a hold on, persevere in; (3) hold to, keep to, observe, remember, attend to, obey; (4) determine, resolve, make up the mind to; (5) also as Intrans. h…
Dental and alveolar stops in Kimvita Swahili
Siku Ya Mwaka
Les Swahili de l'Afrique de l'Est, d'origine musulmane et de langue bantue, notamment les Mombosa, fetent le premier janvier. Seule une douzaine de tribus poursuivent la tradition de la nouvelle annee swahili basee sur le calendrier de l'annee solaire. Elles expriment ainsi leurs espoirs et leurs craintes en priant Dieu de delivrer les Swahili du mal pour les 365 jours a venir
Swahili letters from the Taylor papers (being a study of Soas MS 47769 & MS 47782)
The Word for 'God' in Swahili
Les autochtones, habitants de la terre Swahili sur la cote est-africaine (Somaliland et Mozambique), utilisent un langage particulier pour parler de Dieu. Le mot mngu ou dieu est utilise par les Swahili pour designer celui qu'on adore. Ce qui importe pour les Swahili n'est pas le mot utilise pour faire reference a celui qui est adore, mais les attributs accordes au mot. Si la religion est evolutive, le terme linguistique designant un etre surnatu…
An Historical Review of the Arabic Rendering of Swahili Together with Proposals for the Development of a Swahili Writing System in Arabic Script (Based on the Swahili of Mombasa)
This article provides an historical review of the Arabic rendering of Swahili, while Appendix A (Parts I and II) contains proposals for the development of Arabic script to yield a phonologically adequate writing system for a variety of Swahili spoken on the East African coast – the variety known as kiMvita (central Swahili), and spoken from just north of T’akaungu to Mombasa, and thence as far south as Gasi. Parallel possibilities for the refinem…
The Idea of 'the Holy' in Swahili
On dit quelquefois que les langues Bantoues preferent les mots concrets et sont pauvres en concepts abstraits, et, de fait, on ne trouve pas le mot 'saint' dans les quatre volumes des Langues Bantoues de Guthrie (1971). Hors ce dernier a fait une selection, car le concept de la saintete n'est pas absent dans cette famille de langues. Le swahili, membre de cette famille et parle par les peuples swahilis, peut etre decrite comme une langue de l'Isl…
Linguistics (8 works) · Swahili (8 works) · Philosophy (7 works) · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (5 works) · History (5 works) · African history and culture analysis (3 works) · Art (3 works) · Ethnology (3 works) · History of religions (3 works) · Humanities (3 works)