African Language Resource Handbook: A Resource Handbook of the Eighty-two Highest Priority African Languages. Prepublication Edition.

Autor/inn/en	Dwyer, David J.; Yankee, Everyl
Institution	Michigan State Univ., East Lansing. African Studies Center.
Titel	African Language Resource Handbook: A Resource Handbook of the Eighty-two Highest Priority African Languages. Prepublication Edition.
Quelle	(1985), (242 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Nachschlagewerk; African Languages; Afro Asiatic Languages; Dialects; Educational Policy; Information Sources; Language Classification; Language Role; Language Usage; Malagasy; Mauritian Creole; Native Language Instruction; Official Languages; Orthographic Symbols; Public Policy; Second Language Instruction; Sierra Leone Creole; Written Language + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Africa; Language; Languages; Afrika; Sprachen; Afrikanische Sprache; Dialect; Dialekt; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Information source; Informationsquelle; Sprachtypologie; Sprachgebrauch; Native language education; Muttersprachlicher Unterricht; Office language; Amtssprache; Öffentliche Ordnung; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Geschriebene Sprache
Abstract	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, Bamileke, Bemba, Berber, Chewa/Nyanja, Chokwe/Lunda, Dinka (Agar/Bor/ Padang), Ebira, Edo (Bini), Efik/Ibibio/Anaang, Ewe/Mina/Fon (Gbe), Fulfulde (Fulani/Peul, Fula), Ganda (oluGanda, Luganda), Gbaya, Gogo, Gurage, Hausa, Hehe, Idoma, Igbo, Ijo, Kalenjin (Nandi/Kipsigis), Kamba, Kanuri, Kikuyu, Kongo (Kituba), Kpelle, Krio/Pidgin (Cluster), Kru/Bassa, Lingala, Lozi (Silozi), Luba (Chiluba), Luo/Acholi/Lango, Luyia, Maasai, Makua/Lomwe, Malagasy, Mandingo, Mauritian Creole, Mbundu (Kiumbundu), Mende/Bandi/Loko, Meru, Mongo/Nkundo, More, Nama, Nubian, Nuer, Nupe, Nyakusa, Nyoro, Oromo, Ruanda/Rundi, Sango, Sara, Senufo (Senari), Serer, Shona, Sidamo, Somali, Songhai, Soninke, Sotho/Tswana, Sukuma/Nyamwezi, Suppire, Susu, Swahili, Temne, Teso/Turkana, Tigrinya, Tiv, Tsonga, Tumbuka, Umbundu, Venda, Wolof, Xhosa/Zulu/Swazi, Yao (Makonde), Yoruba, and Zande. Appendices (40% of the document) include: (1) a list of languages by priority category; (2) institutional and individual questionnaires; (3) a bibliography; (4) listings of resource persons and institutions; (5) a country by country listing of the priority languages; and (6) a listing of languages and the country where it is spoken. (MSE)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01