GENERAL COMMENTS REGARDING THE KISWAHILI GRAMMAR info.masshele@gmail.com PRONUNCIATIONS Kiswahili language is among the easiest language to learn over the worlds languages. This is due the fact that, you pronounce a word as you write it. This is contrary to Indo-European languages such as German, English and French to mention just a few whose pronunciations are quite different from how they are written. Kiswahili Vowels and Consonants (a) Vowels: Vowels are five by number including /a/, /e/, /i/, /o/, /u/. These vowels are pronounced distinctly and clearly, regardless of the position they take. A vowel is a syllable that means the utterance you make when articulating a word. In Kiswahili, stress (which is underlying realised as accent) is on the last syllable by one. As you articulate a word, you node your head at the end of a syllable. Otherwise, you will ask a question. This is because in this language, the same construction can be a statement or question - depending where t...