OLAC resources in and about the Safwa language

ISO 639-3: sbk

The combined catalog of all OLAC participants contains the following resources that are relevant to this language:

• Primary texts
• Lexical resources
• Language descriptions
• Other resources about the language

Other known names and dialect names: Central Safwa, Cisafwa, Guruka, Ishisafwa, Kisafwa, Mbwila, Poroto, Shisafwa, Songwe, Ulenje

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Primary texts

1. ONLINEZeitschrift Fur Eingeborenen-Sprachen. Meinhof, Carl. 1943. Berlin: Reimer. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_sbk_vertxt-1

Lexical resources

1. Ɨhanu. Niederseer, Brigitte (editor); Wisbey, Liz (editor); Loveland, Nancy (editor); Mwasonzwe, Amon (translator); Nsolelo John (translator); Waya, Jamili (translator); Mwanjoli, Lington (translator). 2018. Huduma ya Kutafsiri Biblia na Kuendeleza Lugha za Asili together with SIL International. oai:sil.org:91853
2. Ʉtukooko ʉtudoodo. Niederseer, Brigitte (editor); Wisbey, Liz (editor); Loveland, Nancy (editor); Mwasonzwe, Amon (translator); Nsolelo John (translator); Waya, Jamili (translator); Mwanjoli, Lington (translator). 2018. Huduma ya Kutafsiri Biblia na Kuendeleza Lugha za Asili together with SIL International. oai:sil.org:91854
3. Ɨhanu zya zipesa amajɨnza. Niederseer, Brigitte (editor); Wisbey, Liz (editor); Loveland, Nancy (editor); Mwasonzwe, Amon (translator); Nsolelo John (translator); Waya, Jamili (translator); Mwanjoli, Lington (translator). 2018. Huduma ya Kutafsiri Biblia na Kuendeleza Lugha za Asili together with SIL International. oai:sil.org:91855
4. Ɨnyonyi. Niederseer, Brigitte (editor); Wisbey, Liz (editor); Loveland, Nancy (editor); Mwasonzwe, Amon (translator); Nsolelo John (translator); Waya, Jamili (translator); Mwanjoli, Lington (translator). 2018. Huduma ya Kutafsiri Biblia na Kuendeleza Lugha za Asili together with SIL International. oai:sil.org:91857
5. Ɨnyaana zyɨ hanu nɨ vyʉma. Niederseer, Brigitte (editor); Wisbey, Liz (editor); Loveland, Nancy (editor); Waya, Jamili (translator). 2018. Huduma ya Kutafsiri Biblia na Kuendeleza Lugha za Asili together with SIL International. oai:sil.org:91858
6. Ɨshitaabu ɨshɨ hanu. Ngogo, Gift (illustrator); Mwasonzwe, Amon (translator); Nsolelo John (translator); Mwanjoli, Lington (translator). 2018. SIL International. oai:sil.org:91892

Language descriptions

1. ONLINEGlottolog 5.1 Resources for Safwa. n.a. 2024. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. oai:glottolog.org:safw1238
2. Functions of the verbal suffix -a(n)g- in some Bantu languages of southwest Tanzania. Eaton, Helen. 2018. SIL International. oai:sil.org:75653

Other resources about the language

1. ONLINESafwa: a language of Tanzania. n.a. 2018. SIL International. oai:ethnologue.com:sbk
2. ONLINELINGUIST List Resources for Safwa. Damir Cavar, Director of Linguist List (editor); Malgorzata E. Cavar, Director of Linguist List (editor). 2017-09-27. The LINGUIST List (www.linguistlist.org). oai:linguistlist.org:lang_sbk
3. Herufi za Kisafwa. Tlustos, Martin (compiler); Stegen, Oliver (consultant). 2004. SIL International. oai:sil.org:35854
4. ONLINEDialect Survey among the Safwa People. Smith, Rachel. 2018. SIL International. oai:sil.org:79328
5. Sholoolo abhaazye ɨnjango yeetu ɨyɨ Shisafwa. n.a. 2018. SIL International. oai:sil.org:91870
6. Ʉwinza wɨ m’bɨlɨ. Konga, Juhudi. 2021. SIL International. oai:sil.org:92826
7. Ɨshilaale ɨshɨ Haawa, ɨNzovu nɨ Mvuwo. Mbanji, Bawe Ernest (illustrator); Mbanga, F. (translator); Mpayo, I. (translator); Mwalyambi, J. (translator); Mwangingwa, F. (translator). 2019. SIL International. oai:sil.org:92938

Other known names and dialect names: Central Safwa, Cisafwa, Guruka, Ishisafwa, Kisafwa, Mbwila, Poroto, Shisafwa, Songwe, Ulenje

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