<translate> The Standard Kiswahili, or Kiswahili Sanifu, we know today was created through the standardisation of a dialect known as Kiunguja, which originated from the Zanzibar and Pemba Islands of Tanzania. Kiunguja is one of over 23 known dialects of Kiswahili. In the book Machozi Yameniishia, the poet Mohammed Ghassani, is critical of the choice of Kiunguja as the basis for Kiswahili Sanifu, and many Kiswahili writers and academics share this sentiment. The process was entirely owned by colonial authorities without the involvement of native speakers. <swh>Kiswahili Sanifu tunachokifahamu leo hii kiliundwa kupitia usanifishaji wa lahaja ijulikanayo kwa jina la Kiunguja, ambayo asili yake ni Visiwa vya Zanzibar na Pemba vya Tanzania. Kiunguja ni mojawapo ya lahaja zaidi ya 23 za Kiswahili zinazojulikana. Katika kitabu cha Machozi Yameniishia, mshairi Mohammed Ghassani, anakosoa chaguo la Kiunguja kuwa msingi wa Kiswahili Sanifu, na waandishi na wasomi wengi wa Kiswahili wana maoni haya. Mchakato huo ulimilikiwa kikamilifu na mamlaka za kikoloni bila kuwashirikisha wazungumzaji asilia. 