African Languages

The languages of Africa are divided into several major language families: Niger–Congo or perhaps Atlantic–Congo languages (Bantu and non-Bantu, the inclusion of Mande and a few other groups is disputed) are spoken in West, Central, Southeast and Southern Africa. Afroasiatic languages are spread throughout Western Asia, North Africa, the Horn of Africa and parts of the Sahel. Indo-European languages are spoken in South Africa and Namibia (Afrikaans, English, German) and are used as lingua francas in the former colonies of Britain and Liberia that was part of American Colonization Society (English), former colonies of France and of Belgium (French), former …

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FRI: Farm Radio International · 17 October 2024 English

Our environment and climate work this year included promoting circular and regenerative agriculture in Uganda (see page 8) and sharing the stories of rural communities in six countries that are …

spots and backgrounders, available in 26 African languages. The updates make it easier to search for


IDRC: International Development Research Centre · 11 July 2024 English

Issued also in French under title: Rapport annuel. Text in English only, 1970/1971, 1974/1975- ; text in English and French, 1971/1972-1973/1974.

is addressing the underrepresentation of African languages in the realm of AI and natural language processing (natural language processing) tools for African languages.” — KenCorpus project team Looking ahead


CAMH: Centre for Addiction and Mental Health · 3 May 2024 English

3631 Services: Early psychosis intervention program and transitional youth program, including assessment, treatment, education, case management, support and referrals to other services in the community Eligibility: People ages 16–34 who …

website Languages: English, Caribbean dialects, African languages (Shona, Amharic, Harare, Xhosa, Tsonga, Afrikaans


DDN: Dundurn Press · 23 January 2024 English

Through luminescent light, ancestral paths, and a Caribbean spirit-inflected world, Naniki explores the musings and inner workings of the deep blue — the Caribbean Sea — and its shape-shifting sea …

elders disappear. “We speak a mixture of African languages,” he whispers to me. “Igbo, Yoruba, Twi,


FRI: Farm Radio International · 28 November 2023 English

At Farm Radio International, we provide resources and training to our network of more than 1,300 radio partners across sub-Saharan Africa to help them improve the quality and quantity of …

Pack items are also translated into local African languages. 24 languages 58% of radio partners said our


MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 15 April 2023 English

For centuries, English-language writers have borrowed words and phrases from other languages in their fictional works. Words in Collision explores this tradition of language-mixing and its consequences. Returning to Shakespeare’s …

out several oversights in my treatment of African languages. I owe thanks as well to members of the MQUP


AMSSA: Affiliation of Multicultural Societies and Services Agencies of BC · 12 April 2023 English

• Maintains a current listing of building managers renting to GAR clients and a listing of sources for finding housing options (list of websites, contacts, etc.). [...] • Orders furniture …

Housing Search Case Manager – Swahili and other African languages or Arabic are required Resettlement Assistance settlement services. Fluency in Swahili and other African languages or Arabic. What Makes You a Change Maker •


CADTH: Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health · 13 March 2023 English

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QLQ-CX24 questionnaire into the indigenous African languages of isiXhosa and Afrikaans. Southern African


CLD: Centre for Law and Democracy · 24 February 2023 English

[...] For the language policy, for example, additional requirements are that it cover nine African languages that are widely spoken in South Africa and, for each, the policy should indicate the time to

additional requirements are that it cover nine African languages that are widely spoken in South Africa and


MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 15 February 2023 English

It may certainly be said that nothing can be assumed about Shakespeare: on the one hand, the Elizabethan poet seems to be thriving, with more editions, productions, studies, and translations …

Roberts’s engagement with how English and African languages sound in a collaborative theatrical space for respect and insult into some of the African languages that were the mother tongues of the performance


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