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Language, Discourse and Power in African American Culture (Studies in the Social and Cultural Foundations of Language) by Marcyliena Morgan, 2002-08-12 African Languages: An Introduction Speech, Language, Learning, and the African American Child by Jean E. Van Keulen, Gloria Toliver Weddington, et all 1997-10-14 Africans and Native Americans: The Language of Race and the Evolution of Red-Black Peoples by Jack D. Forbes, 1993-03-01 An Introduction to African Languages by George Tucker Childs, 2003-12 The Negro-African Languages by L. Homburger, 1949-01-01 African Voices: An Introduction to the Languages and Linguistics of Africa Talkin that Talk: African American Language and Culture by Geneva Smitherman, 1999-11 The Swahili: Reconstructing the History and Language of an African Society, 800-1500 (The Ethnohistory Series) by Derek Nurse, Thomas Spear, 1985-01-01 Songs of West Africa: A Collection of over 80 Traditional West African Folk Songs and Chants in 6 Languages with Translations, Annotations by Dan Gorlin, 2000-01-01 African American Women's Language: Discourse, Education and Identity by Sonja L. Lanehart, 2009-11-01 Language and the African American Child by Lisa J. Green, 2011-01-31 The Development of African American English (Language in Society) by Walt Wolfram, Erik Thomas, 2002-06-17 Practical Phonetics For Students of African Languages by D. Westermann, Ida C. Ward, 1990-01-10

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1. African Languages - On Opentopia, Find Out More About African Languages
   There are an estimated 1800 languages spoken in Africa. Some African languages, such as Swahili, Hausa, and Yoruba, are spoken by millions of people.  
   http://encycl.opentopia.com/term/African_languages
   
   Extractions: Map showing the distribution of African language families and some major African languages. Afro-Asiatic extends from the Sahel to Southwest Asia Niger-Congo is divided to show the size of the Bantu sub-family In many African countries there are several official languages There are an estimated 1800 languages spoken in Africa . Some African languages , such as Swahili Hausa , and Yoruba , are spoken by millions of people. Others, such as Laal Shabo , and Dahalo , are spoken by a few hundred or fewer. In addition, Africa has a wide variety of sign language s, many of whose genetic classification has yet to be worked out. Several African languages are also whistled for special purposes. The abundant linguistic diversity of many African countries has made language policy an extremely important issue in the neo-colonial era. In recent years, African countries have become increasingly aware of the value of their linguistic inheritance. Language policies that are being developed nowadays are mostly aimed at multilingualism . For example, all African languages are considered official languages of the

2. African Languages:
   Map showing the six language families represented in Africa.  
   http://jazz.openfun.org/wiki/African_languages
   
   Extractions: Article in other languages: There are also a few additional small families or language isolates and obscure languages that have yet to be classified. In addition, Africa has a wide variety of sign languages , many of which are language isolates. Several African languages are whistled or drummed to communicate over long distances. About a hundred of the languages of Africa are widely used for inter-ethnic communication.

3. African Languages - Discussion And Encyclopedia Article. Who Is African Language
   African languages. Discussion about African languages. Ecyclopedia or dictionary article about African languages.  
   http://www.knowledgerush.com/kr/encyclopedia/African_languages/

4. Baba Medahochi Kofi Omowale Zannu Mogbarimu Ajinaku El: African Languages
   Dedicated to the Life, Wisdom, Art, Songs Teachings of Baba Medahochi  
   http://www.medahochi.com/african_languages/
   
   Extractions: "Medahochi spent his entire life on a never-ending quest for knowledge. He is a cultural activist, but he claims no labels. He was a priest of the African Traditional Religion, a visual artist, a writer, a lecturer, a humorist, an avid reader, a teacher, a healer, and he spoke several languages. His extended family and friends knew him respectfully as Baba..." ~ Dee Robinson "Baba Medahochi is and has always been an Afrikan nationalist. Years before he would eventually immerse himself into Afrikan religious systems, Baba had already internalized Pan Afrikanism as a way of life. It is impossible to measure the level of Baba Medahochi’s influence in Afrikan spirituality. The lives he touched have touched the lives of countless more. For this we are eternally grateful to him. Throughout his life’s work, his understanding has always been that religion is the deification of someone’s nationalism and religion is only relevant if it deifies your nationalism." ~ Ason Gbehanzin Ajinaku

5. African Languages By Countries :: Official And National Languages Of Africa
   List of Official and Spoken Languages of African Countries. Home Languages of the World Languages of Africa Related Categories Languages of Asia Languages of the  
   http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/african_languages.htm

6. African Languages - Languages Of Africa
   African languages spoken throughout Africa. Find information and link about African languages, dialects, useful phrases, travel phrasebooks and more.  
   http://goafrica.about.com/od/africanlanguages/African_Languages.htm
   
   Extractions: zWASL=1 zGL='0';zGR='ca-about-radlink'; zJs=10 zJs=11 zJs=12 zJs=13 zc(5,'jsc',zJs,9999999,'') zDO=0 Home Travel Africa Travel Search African Culture and People African languages number in their thousands and you can double that number if you count the dialects. Find links and information about all the major African languages and where they are spoken, below. African language information and resources. Find out what African language is spoken where with links to online African language dictionaries and African language resources. Information about Swahili, Arabic, Amharic, Zulu, Afrikaans, Akan, Chewa and more. Swahili (Kiswahili) for travelers to Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. Learn some basic Swahili (KiSwahili) phrases and traveling in East Africa will be even more rewarding. Greetings, numbers, animals, transport and other basic phrases are covered in this article about Swahili. Find out where Swahili is spoken, basic rules of pronounciation, Swahili online courses, language schools and more. zSB(3,3)

7. African Languages - Free Net Encyclopedia
   ImageAfrican language families.png ImageOfficial LanguagesMapAfrica.png There are an estimated 1800 languages spoken in Africa. Some African languages, such as Swahili  
   http://www.netipedia.com/index.php/African_languages
   
   Extractions: class="ns-0"> Image:African language families.png Image:Official LanguagesMap-Africa.png There are an estimated 1800 languages spoken in Africa . Some African languages , such as Swahili Hausa , and Yoruba , are spoken by millions of people. Others, such as Laal Shabo , and Dahalo , are spoken by a few hundred or fewer. In addition, Africa has a wide variety of sign languages , many of whose genetic classification has yet to be worked out. Several African languages are also whistled for special purposes. The abundant linguistic diversity of many African countries has made language policy an extremely important issue in the neo-colonial era. In recent years, African countries have become increasingly aware of the value of their linguistic inheritance. Language policies that are being developed nowadays are mostly aimed at multilingualism . For example, all African languages are considered official languages of the African Union (AU). 2006 has been declared by AU as the "Year of African Languages". edit Most African languages belong to one of four language families Afro-Asiatic Nilo-Saharan Niger-Congo , and Khoisan . A handful of languages associated with the continent are Indo-European or Austronesian , however, their presence dates to less than 500 and 1000 years ago, respectively, and their closest linguistic relatives are primarily non-African. In addition, African languages include several

8. African Languages - Meta
   This is a page to gather useful information about African languages in Wikimedia projects, in order to increase the number of writers on the continent itself.  
   http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/African_languages
   
   Extractions: From Meta, a Wikimedia project coordination wiki Jump to: navigation search This is a page to gather useful information about African languages in Wikimedia projects, in order to increase the number of writers on the continent itself. Specifically African languages with many speakers, but not many writers, so excluding French, English, Portuguese, Spanish, Arabic and Afrikaans, which have fairly active Wikipedias already. Si tu veux tu peux écrire en français ici, soit on traduira les phrases en anglais, soit on créera une traduction en français. The term African languages refers to the approximately 1800 languages spoken in Africa. Some African languages, such as Swahili, Hausa, and Yoruba, are spoken by millions of people. Others, such as Laal, Shabo, and Dahalo, are spoken by a few hundred or fewer. Generally, books are expensive in Africa. Many languages have a purely oral tradition. Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia projects are an excellent way to improve the situation of African languages. Would you be willing to help develop the presence of African languages on Wikipedia and Wiktionary? That is, to help set up Wikipedias in African languages, and to accelerate the process of adding words to the Wiktionaries.

9. African Languages - Definition
   The term African languages refers to the approximately 1800 languages spoken in Africa. Some African languages, such as Swahili, Hausa, and Yoruba, are spoken by millions of people.  
   http://www.wordiq.com/definition/African_languages
   
   Extractions: The term African languages refers to the approximately 1800 languages spoken in Africa . Some African languages, such as Swahili Hausa , and Yoruba , are spoken by millions of people. Others, such as Laal Shabo , and Dahalo are spoken by a few hundred or fewer. In addition, Africa has a wide variety of sign languages , many of whose genetic classification has yet to be worked out. Several African languages are also whistled for special purposes. The abundant linguistic diversity of many African countries has made language policy an extremely important issue in the neo-colonial era. In recent years, African countries have become increasingly aware of the value of their linguistic inheritance. Language policies that are being developed nowadays are mostly aimed at multilingualism Contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Language families

10. Dictionary - MSN Encarta
    Enter a search term above to find Dictionary definitions or click the Thesaurus tab to find synonyms and antonyms.  
    http://www.encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761565449/African_Languages.html

11. African Languages: Encyclopedia - African Languages
    There are an estimated 1800 languages spoken in Africa. Some African languages, such as Swahili, Hausa, and Yoruba, are spoken by millions of people. Others, such as Laal, Shabo  
    http://www.experiencefestival.com/a/African_languages/id/1904473

12. African Languages
    A selection of articles related to African Languages African Languages Craft Witchcraft Dictionary on SHAMAN. SHAMAN 1) a practitioner of SHAMANISM.  
    http://www.experiencefestival.com/african_languages

13. African Studies Center, University Of Pennsylvania
    Annotated collection of links to web pages providing information on the grammar, pronunciation or vocabulary of various African languages,  
    http://www.africa.upenn.edu/K-12/menu_EduLANG.html
    
    Extractions: Afrikaans is the home language of about 7 million people, mostly in South Africa and Namibia. It belongs to the family of Germanic languages. It is part of the West Germanic subgroup and is, in fact, its newest member. Afrikaans is closely related to Dutch, and has been influenced by French, English and Malay.

14. AfricanLanguages.com - African Languages Info
    African language resources, information, dictionaries This website contains information about African Languages, and other African Language related resources.  
    http://africanlanguages.com/
    
    Extractions: This website contains information about African Languages, and other African Language related resources. Currently mostly only the South African languages are covered, as well as Kiswahili and Cilubà. It is estimated that there are between 2000 and 3000 languages spoken on the African continent, with possibly as many as 8000 dialects. African languages are divided into four major language families, as well as Austronesian. These are shown in the image on the right ( vormdicht South African languages During Apartheid, South Africa had 2 official languages, English and Afrikaans. After Apartheid officially ended in 1994, the new constitution gave official status to 11 languages; English, Afrikaans, and 9 indigenous African languages. English is the only one of the official South African languages which is not indigenous. Sotho:

15. Aflang Directory
    Information pages on African languages. The University of California system has a number of African languages specialists on its faculty and several campuses offer African  
    http://www.humnet.ucla.edu/humnet/aflang/
    
    Extractions: The University of California system has a number of African languages specialists on its faculty and several campuses offer African language instruction in scheduled classes or as directed studies tutorials. Over the years, African languages that students have been able to study at the University of California number in the dozens. To share some of their expertise in African languages, University of California faculty members have begun creating web sites on languages in which they specialize. The faculty hope to add to these sites continually. The links below will take you to the sites now available. Zulu

16. Rüdiger Köppe Publishers - African Languages Featured In Our Publications
    List of academic publications on African languages and linguistics from the German publishing house R diger K ppe Verlag in Cologne.  
    http://www.koeppe.de/html/e_sprachen.htm

17. Languages Of Africa - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
    There are an estimated 2,000 languages spoken in Africa The American linguist Joseph Greenberg classified all African languages in six major linguistic families  
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Africa
    
    Extractions: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation search Map showing the six language families represented in Africa. There are an estimated 2,000 languages spoken in Africa in several major linguistic families There are several other small families and language isolates , as well as obscure languages that have yet to be classified. In addition, Africa has a wide variety of sign languages , many of which are language isolates. Several African languages are whistled or drummed to communicate over long distances. About a hundred of the languages of Africa are widely used for inter-ethnic communication. Berber Arabic Igbo Swahili ... Amharic , and Yoruba are spoken by tens of millions of people. If clusters of up to a hundred similar languages are counted together, twelve are spoken by 75%, and fifteen by 85%, of Africans as a first or additional language.

18. African Languages - IsiZulu (Zulu)
    Name isiZulu English name Zulu Other names Zooloo Population 10,677,305 ISO code zul,zu Spoken in the following countries South Africa (Official)  
    http://africanlanguages.com/zulu/
    
    Extractions: Spoken in the following countries: South Africa (Official) Overview isiZulu (Zulu) is one of the 11 official languages of South Africa. There are 10,677,305 (23.82 %) first language speakers [2001 census data], which makes this the language in South Africa with the most first language speakers. isiZulu is mostly spoken in and around Kwa-Zulu Natal (see map ). There are also a fairly large number of speakers in the Gauteng area. isiZulu is a member of the "Nguni" language group, and is most closely related to isiXhosa isiNdebele and SiSwati isiZulu words that have made their way into English Mamba (a type of snake); Indaba (issue, matter, topic) If you are learning Zulu, you might find this noun class reference chart handy (note: this is for reference/study purposes, it assumes you have already studied the grammar).

19. African Languages An Introduction
    Introduction extracted from a textbook on the major African language groups including coverage of phonology, morphology, syntax, typology and comparative linguistics.  
    http://assets.cambridge.org/97805216/61782/sample/9780521661782ws.pdf

20. African Languages: Information From Answers.com
    Languages indigenous to Africa that belong to the NigerCongo , Nilo-Saharan , Khoisan , and Afro-Asiatic language phyla. Africa is the most polyglot continent; estimates of  
    http://www.answers.com/topic/african-languages

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