Major publishers in many parts of Africa are conspicuous by their reluctance to publish in indigenous African languages. Many of these publishers cite lack of readership in indigenous languages as a reason for this move which is frustrating efforts at indigenization and domestication and increasing ...
The paper is based on the examination of secondary sources with regard to the role of African indigenous languages in the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in Africa. It is argued that the role of these indigenous languages has been marginalized in the implementation of the ...
The struggle to save a South African language with 45 click sounds Only two fluent speakers of N|uu survive. Both are in their 80s Two and a half millennia ago the San had southern Africa to themselves, living lightly on the land a...
It also brought English, French, Dutch, German, and a number of other European languages. Where linguists differ, however, is on the origins of the indigenous languages of South America.One theory is that all of the indigenous languages of Latin America are descended from a common ancestor. ...
Linguistic Categorisation and Morphological Types: A new look at Word Categories in the South African Indigenous Languages 来自 ResearchGate 喜欢 0 阅读量: 13 作者: G Poulos 摘要: In this article, which is the published version of my Ph.D. thesis, the traditional analysis of Zulu Relative ...
Language-in-education policies must valorise indigenous languages and redress their exclusion in past education systems while ensuring access to any economic opportunities afforded by colonial languages. Public attitudes have a bearing on individuals' interactions with language policy as well as the ...
People of African descent fall into several groups, based on their first language. South Africa has 11 official languages, nine of which are indigenous—Zulu, Xhosa, Tswana, Sotho, Swazi, Venda, Ndebele, Pedi, and Tsonga. Many blacks also speak Afrikaans (the first language of about 60% of...
South Africa - Languages, Dialects, Afrikaans: The Black African population is heterogeneous, falling mainly into four linguistic categories. The largest is the Nguni, including various peoples who speak Swati (primarily the Swazi peoples) as well as tho
South America - Languages, Dialects, Indigenous: The linguistic diversity and multiplicity of South America probably is unmatched anywhere else in the world. Thousands of languages and dialects have been cataloged, including all those that have developed
The majority of the white population (about 60%) is of Afrikaans descent, with many of the remaining 40% being of British or European descent. The coloured population have a mixed lineage, which often comprises the indigenous Khoisan genes combined with African slaves that were brought here from...