Recommendations

Recommendations

To learn further about Swahili versus English, I would lean a bit of the language. It really gives you perspective on how it is for you as an individual. If you learn the  language you see how difficult it is and h ow the grammatical rules flow in the language it's self. This would also help you study it in depth, especially if you look at the kind of person you are. Do you learn language easily, were you raised speaking english? these are all question that would help how YOU compare Swahili  and English. And, lastly, if you were really into the comparison between these languages, the best thing to do is visit Swahili speaking nations (below) and experience the blend of Swahili and English for yourself! 

Conclusion

CONCLUSION

I concluded that the comparison between Swahili and English really depends on what kind of comparison you're looking for. As far as structurally, Swahili is quite a bit different than English. Instead of using suffixes such as "s" for plural, it uses prefixes, like "ma" for plural instead, except at the beginning. But if you're talking about difficulty and usage, it really just depends on where you live and what your primary language is. Like people who speak English as a first language find it easier in general. So if you want to compare Swahili and English you have to specify weather it's grammatically or in opinion.

Graphs

The graphs are in the order of the questions below. (Under Survey Questions(Primary Research)).

I collected research form 2 people that spoke English as their primary language, and now speak English mostly, but they know Swahili, 2 people that grew up speaking Swahili, but speak English, and someone who was raised and still speaks Swahili. I found out that people’s perspective on difficulty level of Swahili vs. English greatly depends on their environment and how often they use the language, and weather or not they were raised speaking. The subject I spoke with who speaks Swahili found it a lot easier to speak it, learn it, and write and read it. So, people perspective on Swahili Vs. English greatly varies depending on their environment.

Survey(Primary Research)

Survey Questions:
1. Which, in your opinion, is easier to speak; Swahili or English?
2. Agreee or Disagree: Swahili is harder to learn than Engish.
1 2 3 4 5
(Strongly Disagree, Disagree, Neutral, Agree, Storngly agree)
3. Which do you think is easier to write and read?
4. Which one do you think would be generally more useful and why.
5. Does Swahili have any additional characters that you woul need to learn in order to excel speaking and writing it?

Sources

Sources

SECONDARY RESEARCH:
"Dr. Goodword’s Language Blog >>Blog Archive>> Swahili vs. English." alphaDictionary * Free English Online Dictionary * Word Games. 15 Oct. 2008 >

MASAI DANCERS:
"Masai dance pictures from africa photos on webshots." travel photos and pictures on webshots. 15 Oct. 2008 .

Summary of Secondary Research

Summary of Secondary Research

From the article that I read, I learned that Swahili is easier to write and speak once you know the rules; especially if you know english. It borrows many words from the english languages but instead of putting suffixes, lie in spanish, for different endings, they put prefixes. Like Child in swahili is mtoto and children is watoto. The article I read basically said that Swahili is similar rot english with an entirely different set of rules. 

My Research Questions

My Research Questions

• Is it (Swahili) easier to speak than English?
  
• Is it easier to write?
• Does it have different dialects like English?
• Does it have any characters that are different than English?
• is it difficult to learn? what about in comparison to their languages like English?
• Would English or Swahili be more useful in general?