Word: kiswahili
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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There are now more than 4,450 shortwave frequencies being broadcast around the world in 148 languages-including Farsi, Zulu, Amharic and Kiswahili. Most popular of all is English, which is sent out on more than 1,000 frequencies. Even with unsophisticated sets, Americans can pick up as many as 50 English-language broadcasts; more expensive radios can tune in the entire world. In the past ten years something like 18 million short-wave sets have been sold in the U.S. alone. One Manhattan writer, who owns an inexpensive Sony ($115), has made the BBC's morning news...