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Inscribing meaning - writing and graphic systems in African art

Source: Inscribing meaning Inscribing Meaning explores the relationships between African art and the communicative powers of language, graphic systems and the written word. For thousands of years, Afr… more »

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Inscribing meaning - writing and graphic systems in African art

sociolingo wrote 4 months ago: Source: Inscribing meaning Inscribing Meaning explores the relationships between African art and the … more »

Tags: Africa, African arts and crafts, Culture

Cameroon: Orthography and Identity

sociolingo wrote 6 months ago: Cameroon: Orthography and Identity Posted by sociolingo on January 2, 2008 Source: Cogprints Orth … more »

Tags: Linguistics, Africa, Cameroon, Sociolinguistics, AFRICAN ACADEMIC, African papers & reports, African Countries

Cameroon: Orthography and Identity — 1 comment

sociolingo wrote 6 months ago: Source: Cogprints Orthography and Identity in Cameroon Bird, Steven (2001) Orthography and Identity … more »

Tags: academic, Africa, African Countries, African linguistics, African papers & reports, African sociolinguistics, Cameroon, Linguistics

African orthography: Berber & Tifinagh — 1 comment

sociolingo wrote 6 months ago: Source: Ancient Scripts From the website: The “Berber” script has a very interesting sto … more »

Tags: Africa, African languages, Afro-Asiatic, Berber, Linguistics, Proto-Sinaitic/Phoenician/Aramaic

African orthography: Tifinagh script — 1 comment

sociolingo wrote 6 months ago: Source: Omniglot Tifinagh    Origin The Tifinagh alphabet is thought to have derived from the a … more »

Tags: Linguistics, Africa, African languages, Afro-Asiatic, Berber, Proto-Sinaitic/Phoenician/Aramaic

Senegal: Wolof orthography — 1 comment

sociolingo wrote 6 months ago: Janga wolof writes about Wolof orthography in a recent article. That set me off searching for other … more »

Tags: Africa, African Countries, African languages, Linguistics, Senegal

Academic paper: Standardization of national languages

sociolingo wrote 6 months ago:  The following UNESCO paper (pdf doc) has several African papers which may be of interest. You will … more »

Tags: Linguistics, Africa, AFRICAN ACADEMIC, African languages, African linguistics, African language policy, African papers & reports

African book: The History of the N'ko Alphabet and its Role in Mande Transnational Identity - Oyler

sociolingo wrote 1 year ago: Source: http://www.ahlpub.com/History_Nko_Alphabet.html The History of the N’ko Alphabet an … more »

Tags: academic, African books, African Countries, African education, African language policy, African languages, African languages and education, African linguistics, African literature

Cameroon: When marking tone reduces fluency, an orthography experiment

sociolingo wrote 1 year ago: From Cogprints When marking tone reduces fluency: an orthography experiment in Cameroon Bird, Steven … more »

Tags: African Countries, African linguistics, African languages, African papers & reports, Cameroon

Academic paper: Strategies for Representing Tone in African Writing Systems

sociolingo wrote 1 year ago: From Cogprints Strategies for Representing Tone in African Writing Systems Bird, Steven (1999) Strat … more »

Tags: academic, African Countries, African language policy, African languages, African linguistics, African literacy, African papers & reports, Sub saharan Africa

Academic paper: Orthography and Identity in Cameroon

sociolingo wrote 1 year ago: From Cogprints Orthography and Identity in Cameroon Bird, Steven (2001) Orthography and Identity in … more »

Tags: African Countries, academic, African linguistic diversity, African linguistics, African language policy, African languages, African papers & reports, Cameroon

Report: Regional ACALAN colloquium on the role of Cross-border languages, May 16-18, 2006, Bamako, Mali

sociolingo wrote 1 year ago: Regional ACALAN colloquium on the role of Cross-border languages, May 16-18, 2006, Bamako, Mali … more »

Tags: African Countries, academic, African literacy, African linguistic diversity, Positive news, African linguistics, African language policy, African languages, African sociolinguistics

Angola: debate on Angolan languages

sociolingo wrote 1 year ago: The debate on local languages is a hot potato in Angola at the moment. Last month experts, technicia … more »

Tags: academic, African conferences, African Countries, African education, African human rights, African language policy, African languages, African linguistic diversity, African linguistics

Angola: Support for the promotion of Angolan languages

sociolingo wrote 1 year ago: During the opening of a seminar on cultural journalism this week in Luanda, Angola, the Minister of … more »

Tags: academic, African Countries, African endangered languages, African journalism, African language policy, African languages, African linguistic diversity, African linguistics, African media


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