Practical Orthography of African Languages Bound With: Orthographe Pratique Des Langues Africaines;

Sommario

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

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International African Institute

Riassunto

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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: International African Institute, M. A. Bryan, International African Institute
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Copertina rigida
• Data pubblicazione: 30.09.2017
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Linguistica generale e comparata
• EAN: 9781138095861
• ISBN: 978-1-138-09586-1
• Numero di pagine: 150
• Serie: Linguistic Surveys of Africa; Linguistic Surveys of Africa
• Categorie: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Etymology, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Syntax, Regional / International studies, Grammar, syntax & morphology, Phonetics, phonology, Grammar, syntax and morphology, Regional Geography, African Languages, Literature: history and criticism, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / African Studies, phonetic transcription, educational language policy, language classification Africa, African language phonology analysis, vernacular language studies, tone marking systems