Practical Orthography of African Languages

Bound with: Orthographe Pratique des Langues Africaines; The Distribution of the Semitic and Cushitic Languages of Africa; The Distribution of the Nilotic and Nilo-Hamitic Languages of Africa; and Linguistic Ana
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-1-138-09621-9
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 154 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 248 g

Reihe: Linguistic Surveys of Africa

The first edition of the Practical Orthography of African Languages was a best-seller and this and the following volume re-issues the second edition, in English and French. Originally published in 1930, it provided an invaluable solution to the problem of finding a practical and uniform method of writing African languages. The volume is bound with a small pamphlet which analyses the information on the Semitic and cushitic languages of Eritrea, Ethiopia and the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. Related languages are grouped together into larger sections which have some linguistic significance. A further pamphlet, the Distribution of the Nilotic and Nilo-Hamitic Languages of Africa, describes the relationship between languages and dialects. For each language, data are given on locality, number of speakers, use for educational and religious purposes and the extent of vernacular literature. The linguistic material is set out in phonetic script with tone marks, though reference is made to current standard orthoraphies where these exist.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Historische & Vergleichende Sprachwissenschaft, Sprachtypologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Grammatik, Syntax, Morphologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Practical Orthography of African Languages 2. Orthographe Pratique des Langues Africaines 3. The Distribution of the Semitic and Cushitic Languages of Africa 4. Distribution of the Nilotic and Nilo-Hamitic Languages of Africa

Über Autor(innen)

International African Institute