al-Lughah al-Sawāḥilīyah wa-Tamaththul al-Isʹhām al-Ḥaḍārī al-ʻUmānī fī Sharq Ifrīqiyā - Hādī, Ḥabīb ibn Marhūn; Muʼtamar al-Istiqāmah al-Duwalī al-Thānī: al-ʻUmānīyūn wa-al-Sawāḥilīyah bayna al-Taʼthīr wa-al-Taʼaththur (2026) (Mumbāsā) (Mumbāsā : Jamʻīyat al-Istiqāmah al-Khayrīyah al-Islāmīyah al-ʻĀlamīyah, 2026)
This study treats the Swahili language as a linguistic and cultural frame through which the Omani civilizational contribution in East Africa was embodied, within an extended historical context of interaction between Omanis and the African coastal communities. It proceeds from a central question: how did the Omani presence contribute to the formation of Swahili as a cultural structure capable of embodying a civilizational contribution and transmitting it across generations, beyond its function as an instrument of daily communication? The importance of the research arises from its adoption of language as an analytical entry point for understanding civilizational interaction and from its bringing out of the Omani role in shaping the cultural and linguistic landscape of East Africa. The study analyses the manifestations of that embodiment at several levels of the language.
Permanent citation identifier: MHF-MOMBASA2026-023.
Conference theme (in Arabic): المحور الثالث: الأثر العربي في السواحلية.
Text in Arabic; title also romanized (ALA-LC); abstract and keywords in English.
Keywords: Swahili language; Civilizational contribution; Omani presence; Cultural memory; East Africa; Language and civilization