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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Creole derived from Kutchi and Swahili languages}}<br />
{{Infobox language<br />
|name=Kutchi-Swahili<br />
|nativename=Asian Swahili<br />
|states=Tanzania, Kenya<br />
|region =[[Zanzibar]], larger cities<br />
|speakers=45,000<br />
|date=2002<br />
|ref=e18<br />
|familycolor=Creole<br />
|family=[[Swahili language|Swahili-based]] [[Creole language|creole]]<br />
|iso3=ccl<br />
|glotto=cutc1238<br />
|glottorefname=Cutchi-Swahili<br />
|guthrie=G40A,B<br />
}}<br />
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'''Kutchi-Swahili''', or '''Cutchi-Swahili''', is a [[Swahili language|Swahili]]-based [[creole language|creole]] derived from the [[Kutchi language]] of the [[Kutch district]] in [[Gujarat]] and spoken among the [[India|Indian]] population of East Africa. It is the native language of some [[Gujarati people|Gujarati]] families from [[Zanzibar]] that have settled in the larger cities of mainland [[Tanzania]] and [[Kenya]], and is used as a second language by others of the Indian community. In these areas of East Africa, the language is typically only used by Muslim groups, whereas Hindu groups use Gujarati instead.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Rahemtullah|first=Omme-Salma|date=2021-04-20|title=Tongue Tied|url=https://www.saada.org/tides/article/tongue-tied|access-date=2021-05-16|website=South Asian American Digital Archive (SAADA)|language=en}}</ref> <br />
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In the language, words that are taken from Swahili are often modified to fit Kutchi pronunciation patterns; for instance, the Swahili word "sahani", meaning "plate", becomes "saani" in Kutchi-Swahili.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bachu|first=Mahida|date=2014-01-01|title=Heritage Voices: Language – Kutchi|url=https://www.cal.org/heritage/pdfs/heritage-voice-language-kutchi.pdf|url-status=live|website=Center for Applied Linguistics}}</ref><br />
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Maho (2009) assigns different codes to Kutchi-Swahili and '''Asian Swahili''' (''Kibabu''),<ref name="Guthrie"/> and ''Ethnologue'' also notes that these may not be the same.<ref name="e18"/><br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Asian-Kenyan culture]]<br />
[[Category:Asian diaspora in Tanzania]]<br />
[[Category:Gujarati diaspora]]<br />
[[Category:Indian-Kenyan culture]]<br />
[[Category:Indian diaspora in Tanzania]]<br />
[[Category:Swahili-based pidgins and creoles]]<br />
[[Category:Culture of Zanzibar]]<br />
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