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This is a list of English language words borrowed from Indigenous languages of the Americas, either directly or through intermediate European languages such as Spanish or French. It does not cover names of ethnic groups or place names derived from Indigenous languages.
bwana – from Swahili, meaning "husband, important person or safari leader" chigger – possibly from Wolof and/or Yoruba jiga "insect" [6] chimpanzee – loaned in the 18th century from a Bantu language, possibly Kivili ci-mpenzi. [7] chimurenga – from Shona, "revolution" or "liberation" cola – from West African languages (Temne kola ...
Those who don't speak English as a first language and/or live in rural areas in Kenya may also participate in "code mixing," which is the process of using words from a local language while speaking English. A common example of this in Kenya comes from using the word andyu while speaking English, which is used to agree with someone. [4]
The Dholuo dialect (pronounced [2]) or Nilotic Kavirondo, is a dialect of the Luo group of Nilotic languages, spoken by about 4.2 million Luo people of Kenya and Tanzania, [3] who occupy parts of the eastern shore of Nam Lolwe (Lake Victoria) and areas to the south.
In English PURRgatory, in Spanish PurGATOrio. A bilingual pun is a pun created by a word or phrase in one language sounding similar to a different word or phrase in another language. The result of a bilingual pun can be a joke that makes sense in more than one language (a joke that can be translated) or a joke which requires understanding of ...
In some dialects of French, the English term "weekend" becomes la fin de semaine ("the end of week"), a calque, but in some it is left untranslated as le week-end, a loanword. French cor anglais (literally English horn) is a near-calque of English French horn. In English cor anglais refers to a completely different musical instrument.
The Kanak language with the most speakers is Drehu. With the only exception of Fagauvea — which is a Polynesian language spoken on the Loyalty Island of Ouvéa — all Kanak languages belong to the New Caledonian subgroup of Oceanic (itself a branch of the Austronesian phylum). In spite of their shared origin, Kanak languages historically ...
There is notable literature written in the Kikuyu language. For instance, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o 's Mũrogi wa Kagogo ( Wizard of the Crow ) is the longest known book written in Kikuyu. Other authors writing in Kikuyu are Gatua wa Mbũgwa and Waithĩra wa Mbuthia.