Among the reasons he gave for abandoning the Arabic script were that “the Arabic alphabet would only be an encumbrance on the Europeans ” who would later be learning the language and that“ the Roman script would make it easier for ‘ the Natives in studying European languages. ’ ”
وما السبب ؟‏ يعطي كراپف عدة تبريرات من ضمنها ان « الابجدية العربية ستكون صعبة على الاوروبيين » في حال ارادوا ان يتعلموا السواحلية .‏