African Language Resources Handbook

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African Studies Center, University of Michigan, 1985. — 242 p.A directory of the 82 African languages given high priority for instruction in the United States contains a profile for each language that includes its classification and where It is spoken, the number of speakers, dialect situation, usage, orthography status, and listings of related human and institutional resources for the purpose of systematizing instruction. The languages profiled are: Akan, Amharic, Anyi/Baule, Arabic, Bamileko, Bembal Berber, Chewa/Nyanja, Chokwe/Lunda, Dinka (Agar/Bor/ Padang), Ebira, Edo (Bini), Efik/Ibibio/Anaang, Ewe/Mina/Fon (Gbe), Fulfulde (Fulani/Feul, Fula), Ganda (oluGanda, Luganda), Gbaya, Gogo, Gurage, Hausa, Hehe, Idoma, Igbo, Ijo, Kalqnjin (Nandi/Kipsigis), Kamba, Kanuri, Kikuyu, Kongo (Kituba), Kpelle, Krio/Pidgin (Cluster), i.ru/Bassa, Lingala, Lozi (Silozi), Luba (Chiluba), Luo/Acholi/Lango, Luyia, Maasai, Makua/Lomwe, Malagasy, Handing°, Mauritian Creole, Mbundu (Kiumbundu), Mende/E1:.ndi/Lokol Meru, Mongo/Nkundo, More, Nema, Nubian, Nuer, Nupe, Nyakusa, Nyoro, Oromo, Ruanda/Rundi, Sang°, Sara, Senufo (Senari), Serer, Shona, Sidamo, Somali, Songhai, Soninke, Sotho/Tswana, Sukuma/Nyamwezi, Suppire, Susu, Swahili, Temne, Teso/Turkana, Tigrinya, Tiv, Tsonga, Tumbukal Umbundu, Venda, Wolof, Xhosa/Zulu/Swazi, Tao (Makonde), Yoruba, and Zande. Appendices (40% of the document) include: a list of .anguages by priority category, institutional and individual questionnaires; a bibliography; listings of resource persons and institutions; a country by country listing of the priority languages; and a listing of languages and the country where it is spoken. (MSE)