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• Swahili: Basic Course (second edition, 1968; with supplementary audio and other materials), by Earl W. Stevick, J. G. Mlela, and F. A. Njenga (PDF and MP3 files at livelingua.com)
• Swahili; basic course (Dept. of State; for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1968), by Foreign Service Institute (U.S.), F. A. Njenga, J. G. Mlela, and Earl W. Stevick (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Swahili-Sprachführer (W. Richter, 1896), by Walter von Saint Paul Illaire (page images at HathiTrust)

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• Swahili : an active introduction ; geography (Dept. of State, 1966), by Foreign Service Institute (U.S.) and Earl W. Stevick (page images at HathiTrust)
• Worterbüch der suahelisprache, suaheli-deutsch und deutsch-suaheli (W. Spemann, 1890), by Carl Gotthelf Büttner (page images at HathiTrust)
• A handbook of the Swahili language as spoken at Zanzibar. (Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1884), by Edward Steere and A. C. Madan (page images at HathiTrust)
• A handbook of the Swahili language as spoken at Zanzibar (Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1919), by Edward Steere and A. C. Madan (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• An active introduction to newspaper Swahili. (Foreign Service Institute, Dept. of State, 1966), by Foreign Service Institute (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Fibel ya kisuaheli; lesebuch für die ersten schuljahre in den eingebornenschulen von Deutsch-Ostafrika ... Ausg. A. (Sittenfeld, 1912), by A. Lorenz (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Comparative handbook of Congo languages; being a comparative grammar of the eight principal languages spoken along the banks of the Congo river from the west coast of Africa to Stanley Falls, a distance of 1300 miles, and of Swahili, the "lingua franca" of the country stretching thence to the east coast, with a comparative vocabulary giving 800 selected words from these languages, with their English equivalents, followed by appendices on six other dialects (Congo Independent State, 1903), by Walter Henry Stapleton (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Swahili notes. (Universities' Mission Press, 1899), by W. K. and Universities' Mission to Central Africa (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Die Sprache der Suaheli in Deutsch-Ostafrika. (D. Reimer, 1910), by Carl Meinhof (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A guide to the Swahili language, in Gujarati characters, with English and Gujarati translations. (The Education Society's Steam Press, 1890), by Alidina Somjee Lilani (page images at HathiTrust)
• Tafsiri ya Kurani ya kiarabu kwa lugha ya kisawahili pamoja na dibaji na maelezo machache (Society for promoting Christian knowledge, 1923), by Godfrey Dale (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Hiki ndicho chuo cha sala ya umoja, na kusongeza sakaramenti, tena cha rasimu na kawaida za mambo ya ibada ya kanisa, kama ilivyo ada ya Kanisa ya Ungereza: pamoja na zaburi za Daudi, na taratibu na jinsi ya kufanya, na kuamru, na kuwekwa, wawe mabishopu, na makasisi, na mashemasi. <The Book of Common Prayer in the Swahili (Mombasa) language.> (Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1909), by Church of England and Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (Great Britain) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Roaring dusk (Kenilworth Pub. Co., 1928), by Eugene De Bogory (page images at HathiTrust)

• Swahili, an active introduction: general conversation. Based on materials supplied by John Indakwa and Daudi Ballali. (Dept. of State; [for sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Govt. Print. Off.], 1966), by Foreign Service Institute (U.S.) and Earl W. Stevick (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Swahili phrase book for travelers. (F. Ungar Pub. Co., 1963), by Theopolis L. Gilmore and Shadrack O. Kwasa (page images at HathiTrust)
• Swahili exercises. Compiled for the Universities' mission to Central Africa (Society for promoting Christian knowledge, 1894), by Edward Steere and Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (Great Britain) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Suaheli-dragoman Gespräche, wörterbuch und praktische anleitungen zum verkehr mit den eingeborenen in Deutsch-Ostafrika. (F. A. Brockhaus, 1891), by Friedrich Nettelbladt (page images at HathiTrust)
• Masomo mepesi (The Universities' Mission Press, 1894) (page images at HathiTrust)

• Basic structure of Swahili (Syracuse University, Eastern African Studies Program, 1960), by James Lewton Brain (page images at HathiTrust)
• Swahili basic course (Dept. of State [for sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Govt. Print. Off.], 1963), by Foreign Service Institute (U.S.) and Earl W. Stevick (page images at HathiTrust)
• A dictionary of the Suahili language (Trübner and co., 1882), by J. L. Krapf (page images at HathiTrust)
• Basic Swahili: morphology. (Duquesne University, 1961), by Alphons Loogman (page images at HathiTrust)
• A handbook of the Swahili language as spoken at Zanzibar. (Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1884), by Edward Steere and A. C. Madan (page images at HathiTrust)
• Swahili grammar and vocabulary, drawn up by Mrs. F. Burt. (Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1910), by A. E. Burt (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Outline of the elements of the Kisuáheli language, with special reference to the Kiníka dialect (Printed by L.F. Fues, 1850), by J. L. Krapf (page images at HathiTrust)
• Praktische Grammatik der Suaheli-Sprache auch für den Selbstunterricht : mit Uebungstücken, einem systematischen Vokabular, einem Lesebuche und einem Deutsch-Kisuaheli-Wörterbuch (A. Hartleben's Verlag, 1906), by A. Seidel (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Grammaire Kiswahili. (F. Levé, 1885), by père Delaunay (page images at HathiTrust)
• Hülfsbüchlein für den ersten Unterricht in der Suaheli-Sprache. Nach den "Swahili exercises" von Steere bearbeitet. (Leipzig, 1891), by C. G. Buettner (page images at HathiTrust)
• Suahili Konversations-grammatik nebst einer Einführung in die Schrift und den Briefstil der Suahili (J. Groos, 1900), by A. Seidel (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Abridged Swahili grammar, phrases, stories, and vocabulary (The Sheldon press, 1927), by G. Murray-Jardine (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A handbook of the Swahili language, as spoken at Zanzibar (Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1908), by Edward Steere and A. C. Madan (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Suaheli handbuch. (W. Spemann, 1890), by Walter von Saint Paul Illaire (page images at HathiTrust)
• A handbook of the Swahili language, as spoken at Zanzibar (G. Bell, 1875), by Edward Steere (page images at HathiTrust)
• Praktische Suaheli-Grammatik (Velten, 1913), by C. Velten (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Vocabulaire français-kiswahili et kiswahili-français : précédé d'une grammaire abrégé (G. Marci, 1911), by E. Brutel (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Swahili grammar and vocabulary (Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1917), by F. Burt (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Elementi di somalo e ki-suahili parlati al Benadir (Hoepli, 1912), by Enrico Carcoforo (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A handbook of the Swahili language, as spoken at Zanzibar. (Society for Promoting Christian knowledge, 1913), by Edward Steere and A. C. Madan (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A handbook of the Swahili language : as spoken at Zanzibar (Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1884), by Edward Steere, A. C. Madan, and A. C. Madan (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die Suahili-sprach, enthaltend grammatik, gespräche und wörterverzeichniss, mit einem angange: Sansibararabisch,sowie wörerverzeichnissen der sprachen von Usambara, Bondei, Unyamwezi und des Yao. (C.A. Koch, 1900), by Hugo Raddatz (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A handbook of the Swahili language : as spoken at Zanzibar (Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1885), by Edward Steere and A. C. Madan (page images at HathiTrust)
• A dictionary of the Suahili language. (Negro Universities Press, 1969), by J. L. Krapf (page images at HathiTrust)
• A handbook of the Swahili language, as spoken at Zanzibar (Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1917), by Edward Steere and A. C. Madan (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Praktische Suaheli-Grammatik nebst einem deutsch-suaheli Wörterverzeichnis. (W. Baensch, 1905), by C. Velten (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Praktische Grammatik der Suaheli-Sprache auch für den Selbstunterricht. Mit übungstücken, einem systematishcen Vokabular, einem Lesebuche und einem Deutsch-Suaheli-Wörterbuche (Hartleben, 1910), by A. Seidel (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Grammaire des dialectes Swahilis. (Les PP. du Saint-Esprit, 1909), by Ch. Sacleux (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Swahili grammar and vocabulary (Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1910), by A. E. Burt (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Elementary Kiswaheli grammar; or, Introduction into the East African Negro language and life (J. Groos;, 1926), by A. Reichart and M. Küsters (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Swahili exercises (Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1924), by Edward Steere (page images at HathiTrust)

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