Swahili Frequency Dictionary 2 - Intermediate Vocabulary

Intermediate Swahili Vocabulary List: 2501-5000 Most Common Swahili Words

This book is a follow-up of the Swahili Frequency Dictionary - Essential Vocabulary. 

This book expands on the Swahili word list of the first book in the Swahili learning series. You will improve your vocabulary from about CEFR A2+ up to CEFR B2+ level. This frequency dictionary is intended for intermediate Swahili students. 

If you know the 5000 most common Swahili words, you will have a vocabulary similar to an adult native speaker who finished high-school.

You can express yourself with ease, and go about your daily life effortlessly. Shopping, small talk, and regular conversations are easy enough for you. You can read and understand virtually all radio and TV shows, websites, and the newspaper. Reading literature is still challenging, and discussing technical issues in-depth will have you looking for words. 

In technical terms: you can understand 89% of all spoken Swahili and 85% of all written Swahili.

You don't have to have read the 1st book in the series to enjoy this frequency dictionary. Any intermediate Swahili learner will benefit from this book.

You can use this book as a stand-alone Swahili course. You can also use it together with any other intermediate Swahili lessons, courses or methods.

This book contains the 2501 to 5000 most common Swahili words. The Swahili word list is presented to you in a neatly organized manner.

• intermediate Swahili vocabulary, with English translation(s).

• Swahili words ranked by general frequency and alphabet.

• Frequency as part of speech (the most used adjectives, nouns, verbs, etc.)

• Swahili to English example sentences.

• Phonetic spelling of Swahili words (IPA phonetic transcriptions)

What is Inside This Swahili Dictionary?

The basis of this dictionary consisted of over 1 million words. All raw data has been lemmatized and cleaned. We do not list conjugations of verbs and adjectives as separate entries. This book only lists only the root word, just like in a regular dictionary.

This Swahili word list for intermediate students can roughly be divided into three sections:

• 2500 Swahili words, ranked by general frequency.
• Frequency lists by part of speech: 
• list of adjectives in Swahili
• list of adverbs in Swahili
• list of conjunctions in Swahili
• list of prepositions in Swahili
• list of pronouns Swahili
• list of nouns in Swahili
• list of common Swahili verbs
•  2,500 Swahili words in alphabetical order.

Swahili pronunciation can be challenging. We added phonetic transcriptions of Swahili words, so you know how to pronounce Swahili words right. The phonetic spelling of words is done with the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA).

Intermediate Swahili: Summary

The Swahili Frequency Dictionary 2 – Intermediate Vocabulary gives you a high-frequency word list to learn intermediate Swahili. Study the most used words to expand your Swahili vocabulary rapidly. 

These high-frequency words are an excellent tool for intermediate Swahili lessons.

This word list roughly covers CEFR vocabulary ratings from A2+ (advanced beginner) to B2+ (independent user).

Genre: Foreign Language Study.

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The print editions are 6 x 9 inch (15.2 x 22.9 cm), approximately 216 pages each. You can pre-order them now. They are expected to ship in Q1 2027. You pay at checkout and your copy ships as soon as printing is complete. The e-book is a separate option on this page.