A Comprehensive Kiswahili Dictionary launched in language promo agenda

Prime Minister, Kassim Majaliwa, displays a Kiswahili Dictionary shortly after launching the edition during a brief ceremony held in Bunge hall in Dodoma today. Photo/ Emmanuel Herman

What you need to know:

  • The Kamusi Kuu ya Kiswahili (Comprehensive Kiswahili Dictionary) is a brainchild of the National Kiswahili Council (Baraza la Kiswahili Tanzania – Bakita) in partnership with Longhorn Publishers Tanzania Ltd.
  • Actual launch of the dictionary took place within the Parliament’s debating chamber in a symbol of the importance of the legislature in advancing the language, touted as being one of the major factors behind Tanzania’s unity.