Grammars, Phrasebooks, and Textbooks
- Adam, Hassan. Kiswahili, intermediate course. Cologne : Omimee Intercultural, 1993. (214 p.)
- Crozon, Ariel and Adrienne Polomack. Parlons swahili : langue et culture. Paris : L'Harmattan, c1992. (191 p.)
- Ferrari, Aurélia, Marcel Kalunga, and Georges Mulumbwa. Le swahili de Lubumbashi : grammaire, textes, lexique. Paris : Karthala, c2014. (226 p.)
- Goyvaerts, D. L. Bukavu Swahili : a Central African koine. München : LINCOM GmbH, 2021. (135 p.)
- Habwe, John and Peter Karanja. Misingi ya sarufi ya Kiswahili. Nairobi : Phoenix Publishers, 2004. (247p)
- Hanak, Irmi, with Bunduki Chihungi, Hidaya Mohamed, and Kaseza Lukumbuzya. Kiswahili cha kisasa : mazoezi ya sarufi = Übungen zur Grammatik. Wien : AFRO-PUB, 1998. (125 p.) [A Swahili grammar in German.]
- Heylen, Walter. Initiation pratique au Swahili. 2e éd. Bukavu : Centre d'études de langues africaines ; Diffusion, Libreza, [1977?] (203 p.)
- Hinnebusch, Thomas J. ...[et al.] Kiswahili, msingi wa kusema kusoma na kuandika = Swahili, a foundation for speaking, reading, and writing. 2nd ed. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, c1998
--See also: 1979 ed. (272 p.)
- Hinnebusch, Thomas J. ...[ed al.] Online audio for Kiswahili, msingi wa kusema kusoma na kuandika = Swahili, a foundation for speaking, reading, and writing. (1979 & 1998) Swahili, LangMedia Materials for Less-Commonly Taught Languages -- Amherst, Massachusetts: Five College Center for the Study of Languages, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, [2009]
- Irira, S. D. na R.M.O. Midello. Jizatiti na Kiswahili. Dar es Salaam : Longman Tanzania, [1981] ( 99 p.)
- Kihore, Yared Magori. Kiswahili for beginners. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania : Dar es Salaam University Press, 1995. (99 p.)
- King'ei, Kitula G. na Paul M. Musau. Utata wa Kiswahili sanifu. Nairobi, Kenya : Didaxis, 2002. (99 p.)
- Kuhenga, Casimiri. Nahau za Kiswahili : jedwali la misemo ya lugha. Arusha, Tanzania : Eastern Africa Publications, 1980-1982. (2 vols.)
- Maclin, Alice N. Useful Swahili : a beginner's Swahili, with vocabulary for home and garden. 2nd ed. Nairobi, Kenya : Evangel Pub. House, 1987. (161 p.)
- Maw, Joan. Twende! Swahili for starters : a practical introductory course. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1999. (317 p.)
--See also: 1985 ed. (315 p.)
- Mbaabu, Ireri. Sarufi ya Kiswahili. Nairobi, Kenya : Kenya Pub. & Book Marketing Co., 1987, c1985. (193 p.)
- McGrath, Donovan and Lutz Marten. Colloquial Swahili : the complete course for beginners. 2nd ed. London ; New York : Routledge, 2012. (330 p.)
- Miachina, Ekaterina Nikolaevna. The Swahili language : a descriptive grammar. Translated from Russian by G.L. Campbell. London ; Boston : Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1981. (86 p. )
- Mohamed, Amir A. The world of Kiswahili language = Ulimwengu wa lugha ya Kiswahili. Zanzibar : Medu Press, 2019. (57 p., with illustrations) [English translations of common Swahili conversational phrases.]
- Mohamed, Mohamed Abdulla. Modern Swahili grammar. Nairobi : East African Educational Publishers, 2001. (271 p.)
- Moshi, Lioba J. Tuimarishe Kiswahili chetu : kitabu cha wanafunzi wa mwaka wa pili/tatu = Building proficiency in Kiswahili : a manual for second/third year Swahili students. Lanham, MD : University Press of America, 2007. (163 p.)
- Mpiranya, Fidèle. Swahili grammar and workbook. London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2015. (249 p.)
- Mujaki, Ahamad. Jifunze Kiswahili. Kiongozi kwa mwalimu = Teachers' guide. Kampala : Fountain Publishers Ltd., 1992. (39 p.)
- Nassenstein, Nico. Kisangani Swahili : choices and variation in a multilingual urban space. Munich : LINCOM GmbH, 2015. (240 p.)
- Ndalu, Ahmed E. Mwangaza wa Kiswahili. Nairobi : East African Educational Publishers, 1997. (174 p.)
- Noronha, Lourenco A. Kiswahili cha Kawaida. Wien : Afro-Pub : Institut für Afrikanistik und Agyptologie der Universität Wien, 1994-1996. (2 vols.)
- The rough guide Swahili phrasebook. Complied by Lexus ; [with Nasor Malik & Ida Hadjivayanis]. London ; New York : Rough Guides : Distributed by Penguin Group, 2012. (192 p.)
- Rutaagi, Robert K. Maarifa ya kiswahili. Kampala, Uganda : Rutaagi, 1991. (61 p.)
- Rwechungura, Gabriel R. Ufahamu wa lugha ya Kiswahili. Nairobi : Heinemann Educational Books, 1984, c1973. (98 p.)
- Safari, Joseph F. Swahili made easy. Chapa ya 1. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania : Tanzania Pub. House, 1980. (173 p.)
- Safari, J. F. Swahili made easy : a beginner's complete course. E-book. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania : Mkuki na Nyota, c2012. (258 p.)
- Stevick, E.W., J.G. Mlela, and F.N. Njenga. Swahili : basic course. Washington, DC: Foreign Service Institute, Department of State, 1963. (560 p.)
--See also: 1966 supplement (Swahili, an active introduction and general conversation, 150 p.) ; E-book (2nd ed., 1968) and audio
- Swahili for travellers. Lausanne : Berlitz Pub. ; New York : Macmillan Pub. Co., c1986. (192 p.)
- Vitale, Anthony J. Spoken Swahili. Ithaca, N.Y. : Spoken Language Services, c1979. (224 p.)
- Wilson, Peter M. Simplified Swahili. New ed. Nairobi : Longman, 1985. (317 p.)
--See also: 1970 ed.
- Yahya, A. S. Fani mbalimbali za Kiswahili 2. Nairobi, Kenya: Longhorn Publishers, c1998. (79 p.)
- Zawawi, Sharifa. Kiswahili kwa kitendo : an introductory-intermediate course. Trenton, NJ : Africa World Press, c1988-. [Vol 1.: Kiswahili kwa kitendo ; vol. 2: Jifunze Kiswahili chetu.]
--See also: 2001 ed.
- Zawawi, Sharifa. Online audio for Kiswahili kwa Kitendo : an introductory-intermediate course. (1988 & 2001) Swahili, LangMedia Materials for Less-Commonly Taught Languages -- Amherst, Massachusetts: Five College Center for the Study of Languages, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, [2009]
- Zawawi, Sharifa. Ongea Kiswahili, converse. Trenton, N.J. : Africa World Press, 1991. (233 p.)
- Zawawi, Sharifa. Say it in Swahili. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania : Mkuki na Nyota Publishers, c2002. ( 224 p.)
- Zawawi, Sharifa. What's in a name? = Unaitwaje? : a Swahili book of names. Trenton, N.J. : Africa World Press, c1993.
(86 p.)