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Reconnecting through language in Africa

Authors
  • Bonny Sands (Northern Arizona University)
  • Andrew Harvey (University of Bayreuth)
  • Richard Griscom (Leiden University)

Abstract

This paper is an examination of community efforts to reconnect through language in Africa. This survey is arranged by geographical area (Northeast Africa, East Africa, Southern Africa, and West Africa) and includes a subsection on the awakening of African writing systems. Cases surveyed include: Coptic, Ge‘ez, Yaaku, Elmolo, Ma'a (Inner Mbugu), Cape Khoekhoe, Nǀuu, Tjwao, and Chingoni. Writing systems that have undergone awakening include Tifinagh and Nubian.

En este trabajo se analizan esfuerzos en África para reconectar por medio de la lengua desde las comunidades. Esta recopilación está organizada con base en las areas geográficas del continente Africano (noroeste, este, sur y oeste) e incluye una subsección acerca del despertar de sistemas de escritura africanos. Los casos que se presentan en este trabajo incluyen las lenguas cóptica, ge‘ez, yaaku, elmolo, ma'a (mbugu del interior), Cape Khoekhoe, nǀuu, tjwao, and chingoni. Los sistemas de escritura en revitalización incluyen tifinagh y nubiano.

Keywords: African languages, revitalization, endangered languages

How to Cite:

Sands, B., Harvey, A. & Griscom, R., (2023) “Reconnecting through language in Africa”, Living Languages 2(1). doi: https://doi.org/10.7275/vktz-cy05

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Published on
27 Nov 2023
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