RUDN Journal of Language Studies, Semiotics and SemanticsRUDN Journal of Language Studies, Semiotics and Semantics2313-22992411-1236Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)7450Research ArticleThe Role of Borrowings in the Development of Swahili Vocabulary (on the Material of Arabic Loan Words)SemenkovaL AThe Department of Foreign Languages The Faculty of Lawkaf_yazik_rudn@mail.ruPeoples’ Friendship University of Russia150320133535708092016Copyright © 2013, Semenkova L.A.2013The article deals with the problems of Swahili vocabulary development by means of borrowings from the Arab language. A lot of borrowed words and word combinations belonging to different semantic groups are being analyzed here.borrowingassimilationsemantic groupevery day and colloquial speechscientific and technical terminologyphraseologyзаимствованиеассимиляциясемантическая группабытовая и разговорная лексиканаучно-техническая терминологияфразеология