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New Dimensions in African Linguistics and Languages (Trends in African Linguistics, 3) by Conference on African Linguistics 1996 (University of Florida), 1999-03 A world treasury of proverbs from twenty-five languages: African, Arabic, Chinese, [etc.] by Henry Davidoff, 1946 Swahili State and Society: The Political Economy of an African Language by Ali A. Mazrui, Alamin M. Mazrui, 1996-01-01 Somali (London Oriental and African Language Library) by John I. Saeed, 1999-02 The Language of African Literature Power of Babel: Language and Governance in the African Experience by Ali A. Mazrui, Alamin Mazrui, 1998-01-01 Yawning is Catching French version (Cambridge African Language Library) by Beverley Burkett, 1998-09-01 History of the Island of Domi (Cass Library of African Studies. African Languages,) by Thomas Atwood, 1971-06-25 Linguistic Typology and Representation of African Languages (Trends in African Linguistics) Tonal System of Igbo (Publications in African Languages and Linguistics, 10) by Mary Morris Clark, 1990-06 African Language Literature in the Political Context of the 1990's (Bayreuth African Studies) A Transformational Grammar of Igbo (West African Language Monograph) by Patricia L. Carrell, 1970-12-02 African Writing And Text (Language, Media & Education Studies) by Simon Battestini, 2000-05-01 Bamanankan Learners' Reference Grammar (African Language Learners' Reference Grammar Series, 3) by Amadou Tidiane Fofana, Mamery Traore, 2002-05

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81. AllAfrica.com PanAfrica Experts Want African Languages In Schools
    allAfrica African news and information for a global audience.  
    http://allafrica.com/stories/200508090209.html

82. YourDictionary.com • Endangered Language Initiative• Two Extinct Languages
    This page contains links to recordings of two african languages that existed in the Extinct South african languages They are part of a collection of  
    http://www.yourdictionary.com/elr/extinct.html
    
    Extractions: This page contains links to recordings of two African languages that existed in the 1930's but are no longer spoken. We are fortunate that they were recorded or we might not even know they existed. They are part of a collection of recordings of extinct languages on a CD produced by Prof. Anthony Traill, Professorial Research Fellow in the Linguistics Department of the University of Witwatersrand , Johannesburg, South Africa. This project was featured on NPR's "Lost & Found Sound". Click here to hear the broadcast in RealAudio containing an interview with yourDictionary's Dr. Bonnie Sands Khoisan language . You can hear the gurgles of her baby, Matabab, in the background. The second clip is the opening of a now very poignant speech in !ora , or Koranna, is another now extinct South African Khoisan language with clicks.

83. Study Shows Positive Impact Of African Languages On FM Radio: UNESCO-CI
    There should be “more airtime for african languages at peak time”, Impact Assessment Survey of FM/Community Radios Using african languages in Ghana,  
    http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=18836&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=2
    
    Extractions: UNESCO.ORG Education Natural Sciences Culture Communication and Information Sitemap Français WebWorld Communication and Information Resources Communication and Information References Communication and Information Sector News and In Focus Archives News Archives: 2005 Study Shows Positive Impact of African Languages on FM Radio Homepage Themes Access to information Capacity Building ... Information Society Communication and Information Sector's daily news service Advanced Search 02-05-2005 (Paris) A study carried out by the Centre for Advanced Studies of African Society (CASAS), indicates that people surveyed in Mali, Ghana and Senegal appreciate African language broadcasts, want more programming in African languages and consider them to have a number of positive impacts. The study was funded by UNESCO within the framework of the Community Multimedia Centre programme. CASAS Director, Kwesi Kwaa Prah, worked with researchers in the three countries to conduct the survey, through questionnaires and interviews. He points out that although the sample, at under 400 people, is too small to provide a statistically accurate representation of national public opinion, “however, it was possible to obtain impressions about the relative strength of opinions between countries and within the samples in each country”. Three-quarters of respondents believe that African language FM broadcasting has a positive social impact, particularly on community radio and local FM, which invite listener participation. “The deepening of the culture of democracy is a distinct feature of the impact of African-language FM radios”, the report notes.

84. Africa: UNESCO-CI
    The number of african languages is usually put at around 2000 (Grimes 2000), It presents four large phyla of indigenous african languages NigerCongo  
    http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=8048&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=20
    
    Extractions: ::Français Search Communication/Information Activities by theme Activities by region/country Multilingualism in Cyberspace ... News Archives Observatory on Multilingualism General Standardisation and Local Adaptation of Computer Systems Translation Tools and Products Type of information - National legislations - Treaties/Agreements - Projects - National institutions - Enterprises - NGOs - Tools - Studies - Portals/Directories - Networks Communication/Information Portals Archives Portal Libraries Portal Free Software Portal ... Observatory of the Information Society Africa FONT SIZE: A A A Africa is known to be by far the most linguistically diverse continent. The number of African languages is usually put at around 2000 (Grimes 2000), i.e. one third of the world’s linguistic heritage. This number is not static, as some languages are still being “discovered”, while others, with few speakers, are disappearing. An assessment of language endangerment in Africa is difficult to establish because the criteria applied to measure endangerment differ. Sommer takes the number of speakers as the major criteria for her list of African endangered languages (Sommer 1992). She lists 140 languages as having less then 500 speakers or being extinct. If one considers every language that has under 10,000 speakers as endangered, the number for Africa rises to 300 languages. Ethnologue: Languages of the World (Grimes 2000) identifies 37 African languages that are on the verge of extinction (compared with 161 in the Americas). The list of 97 endangered languages given in the online version of the Atlas of the World’s languages in danger of disappearing follows the selection made by Brenzinger and Heine for the paper version of the Atlas (Wurm 22001).

85. Yale Africa Guide InterActive: Language
    african languages, linguistics, dictionaries, language learning resources.  
    http://research.yale.edu/swahili/links/Language/
    
    Extractions: Top : Language Home Add a Site Modify a Site What's New ... Search Categories: Would you like to be an Africa Guide InterActive Scout for this page? As you come across an interesting site related to this topic, use this window to submit it to the Guide so future visitors can access it from this page. Also, let us know if we should add subcategories to this page. All visitors, after you've visited a site, please come back and give it a rating from one (useless) to ten (great!). Your scores will help other visitors scout out the best Web sites for their needs. Please help support the Kamusi Project through your donations This project is freely available to all users. If you are able, we ask that you help us maintain and expand our project resources through your donations Please click here and follow the steps that we detail. We truly appreciate any support you can give. Links: African Languages Resources for Arabic, Hausa, Kongo, Shona, Swahili, Yoruba, and Zulu

86. Department Of Asian And African Languages
    Research in the languages, literatures and cultures of East Africa, Turkey, the Middle East, North Africa, Iran, Afghanistan, Central Asia, Pakistan, and India, as well as the history of the IndoEuropean and Semitic languages.  
    http://www.afro.uu.se/eng.html

87. The Webbook Of African Language Resources At Michigan State University
    The Webbook of african languages Resources. Includes speakers, teaching materials, contact information, the various african languages that are available  
    http://isp.msu.edu/AfrLang/hiermenu.html

88. The Spread Of Cattle Domestication Among The Mande Speaking People
    Offers a hypothesis based on evidence of the spread of the ProtoMande from the Saharan highlands to the Atlantic Ocean. Includes comparisons of african languages and references.  
    http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Bay/7051/man1.htm
    
    Extractions: The Spread of Cattle Domestication among the Mande speaking people CATTLE DOMESTICATION AND THE PROTO-MANDE DISPERSAL Agricultural revolutions and the resulting increased food production has been the principal catalyst for the wide spread dispersal of populations speaking similar languages. Using linguistic and archaeological data Peter Bellwood (1991) and Colin Renfrew (1988) have shown the role agriculture played in the dispersal of the Austronesian and Indo-European speakers in prehistoric times. Recent archaeological research in Africa suggest that although agriculture played a role in the spread of some African linguistic groups such as the Bantu and Cushitic speakers, cattle domestication led to the spread of other African groups across enormous parts of West Africa. This hypothesis suits the evidence we have regarding the spread of the Proto-Mande from the Saharan highlands in the east, to the shores of the Atlantic Ocean in the west (Winters 1986b). Archaeological research from North Africa clearly illustrates the movement of semi-sedentary cattle herders from the Magreb and Saharan sites into West Africa. This agropastoral sedentary economy resulted in a growth in populations great enough to make it possible for the Mande speakers to expand across much of Northwest and West Africa between 5000 and 3000 years before the present (BP).

89. AllRefer.com - African Languages (Language And Linguistics) - Encyclopedia
    AllRefer.com reference and encyclopedia resource provides complete information on african languages, Language And Linguistics.  
    http://reference.allrefer.com/encyclopedia/A/Africanlng.html
    
    Extractions: By Alphabet : Encyclopedia A-Z A Related Category: Language And Linguistics African languages, geographic rather than linguistic classification of languages spoken on the African continent. Historically the term refers to the languages of sub-Saharan Africa, which do not belong to a single family, but are divided among several distinct linguistic stocks. It is estimated that more than 800 languages are spoken in Africa; however, they belong to comparatively few language families. Some 50 African languages have more than half a million speakers each, but many others are spoken by relatively few people. Tonality is a common feature of indigenous African languages. There are usually two or three tones (based on pitch levels rather than the rising and falling in inflections of Chinese tones) used to indicate semantic or grammatical distinction. In the last few decades great strides have been made in the study and classification of the African languages, although the results are still far from definitive. The principal linguistic families of Africa are now generally said to be

90. WOCAL4 And ACAL34 Home Page
    The description of african languages in a rapidly changing field. WOCAL 4 and ACAL 34 to be held 1722 June 2003 at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ. Call for papers, workshops, speakers and international symposium.  
    http://www.wocal4.rutgers.edu/

91. Dailypennsylvanian.com - Penn African Languages Program 'leads The Pack'
    They are native languages across countries in West Africa. Penn has offered a comprehensive program in african languages since 1993, when the African  
    http://www.dailypennsylvanian.com/vnews/display.v/ART/4212f8ec37a34
    
    Extractions: University President Amy Gutmann recently received a note from The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education congratulating Penn for having one of the most comprehensive programs in African languages in the nation. "Looks like Penn leads the pack," the note read. The African Studies Center has been one of Penn's well-kept secrets. It currently offers 11 African languages, comparing very favorably with peer institutions' programs. In 2001-2002, African centers across the nation offered a total of only 25 African languages. The languages offered by Penn span the three major regions of Africa four languages from the South, three from the East and four from the West. The program strives to give students the necessary training to be able to do serious field work and research in a specific African region. "We try to cover as many countries as possible, so it's not that these four languages [in West Africa] are only spoken in four countries," African Language Coordinator and Zulu instructor Audry Mbeje said. "They are native languages across countries in West Africa."

92. Department Of Linguistics And Germanic, Slavic, Asian And African Languages
    Top/Reference/Education/Colleges_and_Universities/North_America/United_States/Michigan/Michigan_State_University/Colleges_and_Departments/College_of_Arts_and_Letters/Departments  
    http://www.msu.edu/~linglang/
    
    Extractions: W elcome to the Department of Linguistics and Germanic, Slavic, Asian and African Languages , one of three language departments at Michigan State University . We offer undergraduate degree programs in Linguistics, German, Russian, and East Asian Languages and Cultures (with an emphasis on either Japanese or Chinese). Graduate programs are available in Linguistics (MA and PhD), and German (MA and PhD). In addition the department offers undergraduate language programs in Arabic, Hausa, Hebrew, Hindi, Korean, Nepali, Ojibwe Anishinaabemowiin ), Swahili, and now Vietnamese. Through our unique "on demand" African language program, students can learn any one of over twenty additional African languages. Follow the links below for information about the programs offered in our department. General Information Department location, staff, office hours, links. Linguistics German Russian Undergraduate degree programs, faculty, course schedules. Undergraduate degree programs, faculty, course schedules.

93. UJ - Department Of African Languages
    An internationally recognised South African University providing and expanding academic and technological knowledge and skills that promote growth and  
    http://www.uj.ac.za/al/
    
    Extractions: dqmcodebase = "../" Department of African Languages Search in UJ Search in AL Conference Registration Login Welcome to the Department of African Languages website Conference Registration Form This website (http://www.uj.ac.za/al) was created on 6/3/2005 and is reserved for the Department of African Languages. For more information, please contact the webmaster, Ms Leoni Kotzé, by e-mail or the Department of African Languages on +27 (011) 489-2023 or by e-mail Conference Registration

94. Polylog / Themes / In Dialogue / Language Matters! Decolonization, Multilinguali
    Decolonization, multilingualism, and african languages in the making of African The issue of language decolonizing African philosophical thought  
    http://them.polylog.org/2/dwk-en.htm
    
    Extractions: The interview was held at Jan van Eyck Akademie, Maastricht, on the 30th March 1996. K resse: Prof. Wiredu , since the early years of discussion about African philosophy you have been regarded as a "modernist", and your saying that was often quoted and very heatedly debated. Later you have more and more included reflections on philosophical concepts in your own cultural community, the Akan of Ghana, into your philosophical work and linked that to the discussion of African culture and concepts in a broader sense of philosophy altogether. So in that way you somehow reconcile what Bodunrin once called the "traditionalist" and "modernist" approaches.

95. Africa: Language: African Languages, Dialects, Linguistic Groups, Ethnic Groups,
    Africa Language african languages, Dialects, Linguistic Groups, Ethnic Groups, Tribes, Peoples.  
    http://www.clickafrique.com/arts/language.asp
    
    Extractions: Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde CAR Chad Comoros Congo Congo DR Côte d'Ivoire Djibouti Egypt Eq. Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Principe Reunion Rwanda Sao Tome SADR Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe Central Africa Eastern Africa Northern Africa Southern Africa Western Africa Africa (General) Accomodation Airlines Athletics Basketball Banks Boxing Car Hire Companies Countries Country Guides Cricket Culture Dance E-Commerce Education Embassy Film Finance Football Galleries Game Reserves Games Government Hardware Health History Hotels Insurance Investment ISPs Finance Jobs Language Magazine Mobile Phones Museums Music News Newspapers Organistions PC People Portals Property Nature Reserves Radio Resorts Shipping Software Television Theatre Tourism Office Tourist Agencies Trade Gifts and Special Offers :

96. Amharic Translation : Native Speaking Amharic Translators, Amharic Translator, T
    Translation in mainly Arabic and Amharic, and other african languages. Company based in Washington DC, United States.  
    http://www.africatranslation.com
    
    Extractions: Agencies Will Assist Non-English Speakers On April 21 st Mayor Anthony Williams signed in to law the Language Access Act, which would require the District of Columbia agencies to provide written translation of documents as well as interpretation services at public meetings. The Language Access Act (B15-039) will allow local immigrant residents to gain access to area agencies and truly benefit from public services. Find out more Hailu Gtsadek

97. African Languages --  Britannica Student Encyclopedia
    african languages The 800 to 1000 languages spoken in Africa today can be grouped into four families, or groups of languages thought to have common  
    http://www.britannica.com/ebi/article-9272746
    
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98. The Ecole Glossary
    An essay on their legend, by Norman Hugh Redington. Immensely popular in the Middle Ages, this story was translated into European, Middle Eastern, and african languages; and the True Faith was variously identified as Christianity, Islam, Judaism, and Manichaeism.  
    http://www2.evansville.edu/ecoleweb/glossary/barlaam.html

99. African Languages - Cambridge University Press
    african languages. An Introduction. Edited by Bernd Heine This book is an introduction to african languages and linguistics, covering typology,  
    http://www.cambridge.org/uk/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=0521661781

100. Home
     Translation service between European and african languages Zulu, Xhosa, Venda, Pedi, Sotho, Shangane, Tswana, Ndebele, Tsonga and Shona specializes in the medical, pharmaceutical and chemical fields.  
     http://members.tripod.com/lingua_consultants/

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