L'Harmattan, 2002. — 248 p. Le parler sénoufo proposé ici (nyènèrè) est utilisé au nord de la Côte-d'Ivoire, dans la sous-préfecture de Kolia. Fait unique en Côte-d'Ivoire: en partenariat avec l'O.N.G. Savane-Développement et le ministère de l'Education nationale Ivoirienne, le nyènèrè est, à ce titre expérimental, langue d'enseignement dans une école primiaire de Kolia de la...
Cambridge University Press, 2019. — 830 p. — (Cambridge Handbooks in Language and Linguistics) — ISBN: 9781108417983. This book provides an in-depth and comprehensive state-of-the-art study of 'African languages' and 'language in Africa' since its beginnings as a 'colonial science' at the turn of the twentieth century in Europe. Compiled by 56 internationally renowned scholars,...
Canada: Bibliotex, 2021. — 178 p. Language is the ability to produce and comprehend spoken and written words. The book offers an introduction to the Languages and Cultures of Africa. The overall aim of the book is to help students gain the linguistic skills necessary to function in all areas of practical need, and prepare them for advanced study of history, culture, and literature.
Mödling, 1989. — 148 p. — (Beiträge zur Sudanforschung: Beiheft 5). In this volume I have assembled the texts that form the basis of the grammatical analysis presented in my Introduction to Old Nubian (Meroitica 11, 1989) and Studies in Old Nubian (Beitraége zur Sudanforschung, Beiheft 3, 1988). In addition to transcripts and translations (Part I), I have included a brief...
Afro-Pub, 1983. — 216 S. — (Veröffentlichungen des Instituts für Ägyptologie und Afrikanistik der Universität Wien 27; Lehr- und Lesebücher zur Afrikanistik und Ägyptologie 4). Die zeinführung in den Kenzi-Dialekt des ehemaligen Bezirkes Abuhor wurde zusammengestellt, um dem Studenten das zeitraubende Mitschreiben während der Vorlesung zu ersparen und ihn freizustellen für ein...
Peeters, 2000. — 226 p. — (Center de Recherche Berbère - Inalco (Paris) M.S. Ussun amazigh 16; SELAF / Société d'Études Linguistiques et Anthropologiques de France 387). Le berbère est parlé à travers un grand nombre de dialectes en Afrique du nord et au Sahel. S’appuyant sur ses propres recherches de terrain ainsi que sur des recueils de textes déjà publiés, l’auteur nous...
Peeters Publishers, 2005. — 242 p. — (SELAF / Société d'Études Linguistiques et Anthropologiques de France 416). La langue ouldémé fait partie du groupe central des langues tchadiques, relativement peu connues, qui sont parlées dans le bassin du lac Tchad (Cameroun, Nigéria et Tchad). L’hypothèse du rattachement de ce groupe tchadique à un ensemble chamito-sémitique ou...
Afro-Pub, 1981. — 384 S. — (Veröffentlichungen des Instituts für Ägyptologie und Afrikanistik der Universität Wien 16; Beiträge zur Afrikanistik 13). Zur Festschrift zum 60. Geburtstag meines verehrten Lehrers und Freundes P. Anton Vorbichler wollte auch ich mit einem kleinen Beitrag aus dem Bereich der Meroitistik beitragen. Daß daraus ein ganzes Buch, wenn auch nur in der...
Hippocrene, 2006. — 208 p. Wolof belongs to the Niger-Congo language family, the members of which are spoken in Subsaharan Africa, predominantly in the western region of the Sahara. The Wolof people, sometimes referred to as Orlofc or Jolofc, have their roots in Mauritania. They emerged as distinct people in the 11th and 12th centuries in what is now Senegal. At least some of...
New York: Hippocrene Books, 2003. — 679 p. This unique bilingual dictionary gives English speakers and other non-Yoruba a tool with which to learn one of the national languages of Nigeria, while simultaneously giving Yoruba scholars, students, and educators a voice to reach each other and the rest of the world in their native language. Includes: a comprehensive review of the...
Luwinga, Malawi: Mzuni Press, 2018. — 530 p. — (Mzuni books 31). The English-Ciyawo Dictionary has been designed to help Yawo learners improve their English language skills for undertaking secondary school and university in the following ways: It helps a Yawo learner identify and learn the 3,000 most important and frequently used words in the English language. It gives a...
Hippocrene Books, 2018. — 292 p. — (Hippocrene Beginner's Series). Yoruba, one of the national languages of Nigeria, is spoken by more than 30 million people worldwide. This book's 15 lessons, designed with the beginning student in mind, are ideal for both classroom use and self-study. Each opens with a dialogue about an everyday topic, which is then broken down for the study...
Copenhague: Akademisk Forlag, 1974. — 440 p. Ce troisième volume de mon Manuel de Grammaire Touarègue, contenant les chapitres IV-V qui traitent de la morphologie du nom, a été profondément révisé avant ď être publié. Pourtant, plus encore que les chapitres sur le pronom et le verbe, il porte la marque d’une recherche qui n’est pas encore terminée. Des in= certitudes en ce qui...
Copenhague: Akademisk Forlag, 1973. — 294 p. Comme second volume de mon Manuel de Grammaire Touarègue je publie cette année les chapitres VT — VII qui traitent de la morphologie du verbe. Je saute ainsi provisoirement les chapitres du nom, IV-V, qui, à la lumière de la riche documen= tation récente du Touareg méridional, demandent une révision plus profonde qui né= cessite un...
Copenhague: Akademisk Forlag, 1972. — 272 p. Ce Manuel de Grammaire Touarègue, tăhăggart, veut être principalement une analyze des matériaux recueillis par le Père Charles de Foucauld (v. bibliographie p. 250) ), complétés par les modestes renseignements que j’ai pu glaner moi-même pendant un séjour trop bref à Tämänghäsät en 1958, évalués enfin à la lumière des renseignements...
Hippocrene Books, 2019. — 208 p. Fulani is a language widely spoken across about 20 countries in West and Central Africa (including Senegal, Guinea, Gambia, Cameroon, and Sudan) by people who call themselves Fule, also known as Fulani or Fula in English. The language also known as Fula, Fulfulde, Fulah, and Pulaarhas approximately 24 million native speakers and belongs to the...
Shuter & Shooter, 1995. — 538 p. An English-Zulu/Zulu-English dictionary intended for those who find more comprehensive dictionaries too cumbersome or too detailed for their needs.
Hippocrene Books, 1998. — 244 p. — (Hippocrene Concise Dictionary). Bemba, the most widely spoken language of Zambia, located in south central Africa, has 1.5 million speakers living mainly in the northeastern part of the country. This compact dictionary with 10,000 entries, focuses on popular words and phrases, compiled to assist students of Bemba or English. Beginners will...
Hippocrene Books, 2017. — 244 p. There are over 6 million Xhosa speakers in South Africa, where the Xhosa people are the second largest cultural subgroup (after the Zulu). Xhosa is a tonal language known for its clicking sounds. This unique, two-part resource provides travelers to South Africa with the tools they need for daily interaction. The bilingual dictionary has a...
Dar es Salaam; Nairobi: Oxford University Press, 1990. — 340 p. With this publication, TUKI has once again confirmed its leading role in the field of Swahili lexicography in East Africa. The dictionary contains new words and phrases that are in use in East Africa to cope with the development of science and technology, society, economics, and globalization.
Hippocrene Books, 2003. — 684 p. This unique bilingual dictionary gives English speakers and other non-Yoruba a tool with which to learn one of the national languages of Nigeria, while simultaneously giving Yoruba scholars, students, and educators a voice to reach each other and the rest of the world in their native language. Includes: a comprehensive review of the Yoruba...
10th Edition. — Midrand: Berlut Books, 2024. — 135 p. The Afrikaans Handbook and Study Guide is a comprehensive reference book and set of notes that covers everything in one book. It covers the basics and fills in the gaps. Practical and user-friendly – simple, visual, and logical. Color-coded for easy understanding, recall, and application. All explanations are in English with...
Hippocrene Books, 2004. — 656 p. More than 17 million people in Ethiopia speak Amharic, the official language of the country. Also called Abyssinian or Ethiopian, Amharic developed more than two thousand years ago and is considered one of the Semitic languages (with Arabic and Hebrew). This bilingual dictionary includes romanization of the Amharic-English portion for those...
Hippocrene Books, 1996. — 340 p. — (Hippocrene Concise Dictionary). Akuapem Twi, a tone language, is one of the major languages of the Akan family of languages. The language is spoken by the Akuapem and Akwamu peoples. Akuapem Twi is the ‘official language’ of the Guan people of Anum and Besso. The capital town of the Akuapem people is Akropong.
Brill, 2021. — xvi, 383 p. — (Grammars and Sketches of the World's Languages; Africa 14). This is the first broad, detailed grammar of the Giziga language, which belongs to the Chadic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family. The language is spoken in parts of the Far North Region of the Republic of Cameroon and can be divided into two dialects, Giziga and Northern Giziga,...