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Languages of Africa
There are 1,250 to 2,100 and by some counts over 3,000 languages spoken natively in Africa, in several major language families:
There are several other small families and language isolates, as well as obscure languages that have yet to be classified. In addition, Africa has a wide variety of sign languages, many of which are language isolates.
About a hundred of the languages of Africa are widely used for inter-ethnic communication. Arabic, Somali, Berber, Amharic, Oromo, Swahili, Hausa, Manding, Igbo, Fulani and Yoruba are spoken by tens of millions of people. If clusters of up to a hundred similar languages are counted together, twelve are spoken by 75 percent, and fifteen by 85 percent, of Africans as a first or additional language.
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Latest News for: African languages
Pan South African Language Board (PanSALB) on word of the year 2018
Public Technologies 16 Oct 2018
Today, 16 October 2018, the Pan South African Language Board (PanSALB) in association media research companies Focal Points and Newsclip proclaims land expropriation without compensation as its 2018 South African Word of the Year. The South African Word of the Year is a term or expression preferred to reflect the passing year in language....
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Contestants accuse Mrs. America pageant owner of racial bias
Morning Times
16 Oct 2018
America organization vice president Shawn Marshall said Marmel used no language that should have been interpreted as offensive, and was speaking to them about his life experiences with the African-American community....
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Contestants accuse Mrs. America pageant CEO of racial bias
Scottsbluff StarHerald
16 Oct 2018
America organization vice president Shawn Marshall said Marmel used no language that should have been interpreted as offensive, and was speaking to them about his life experiences with the African-American community....
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SA's word of the year 2018 is...
Eye Witness News 16 Oct 2018
The Pan South African Language Board says that it has chosen to announce this year's word of the year on the same day as International Dictionary Day, which is celebrated today ... ....
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No compensation for guessing what SA's 'word' of the year is
News24 16 Oct 2018
Every year, the Pan South African Language Board chooses a 'word of the year'. Last year it was 'state capture'. This year, the winner is... ....
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SA's Word of the Year for 2018 is something we've all been talking about
Independent online (SA) 16 Oct 2018
Cape Town - South Africa's word of the year for 2018 is "land expropriation without compensation" ... The Pan South African Language Board chose the evocative term from three shortlisted words ... * State Capture. * Sha sha....
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Macron says Congo is now ‘epicentre’ of French, not France
Free West Media 15 Oct 2018
“When I speak of the French language, I speak of all our French languages ... He said French should be promoted within international and regional institutions such as the UN, the European Union and the African Union, where "the status of an international language is being forged" ... He said African writers and artists should do more to protect local African languages, while promoting freedom of travel and open borders....
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Healthcare for immigrants in 30 languages
The Hindu
15 Oct 2018
In many African countries, almost nothing related to healthcare is free ... The focus is on breaking the language barrier while getting past cultural differences ... Translators participate in consultations with migrants who know only certain African languages. In this facility, up to 30 African languages have been spoken, as well as Romanian, Russian and Arabic ... “Imagine what it’s like to talk to people who only speak these languages....
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#MatricExams: ANC sends well wishes, appeals for learner support
Independent online (SA) 15 Oct 2018
The governing party also commended the Department of Basic Education which will, for the first time, administer an examination in South African Sign Language at Home Language level to 58 deaf candidates across 10 schools ... African News Agency (ANA) ....
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2 Western Cape schools to offer Sign Language as matric subject
News24 15 Oct 2018
South African Sign Language will be offered as a matric subject, says the Western Cape education department ... ....
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WATCH: Checkout the winners MTN Business App of the Year Awards
Independent online (SA) 15 Oct 2018
DURBAN - MTN has announced the winners of the Business App of the Year Awards and Khula! has won the grand prize. Khula is a supply chain solution for emerging farmers, connecting them directly to the formal marketplace ... Here is a look at the winners in the other categories. ... Best South African Solution ... The app also helps democratise the web by digitising artefacts central to African languages ... The African Cyber Gaming League App (ACGL)....
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West Africa’s pidgins deserve full recognition as official languages
Quartz 14 Oct 2018
Even though Pidgin hasn’t got the official status of a recognised language anywhere, it’s widely spoken across West Africa ... In West Africa children and adults use pidgins as their first language ... This means that every sentence an average West African uses in pidgin has a bit of the local language (any of the West African languages) fused into it. The pidgins also try to maintain the phonetics of the West African languages....
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Sixers' Mike Muscala apologizes for 'offensive' comments by his father
NJ dot com 13 Oct 2018
Philadelphia 76ers forward Mike Muscala's father made some comments on social media. Center-forward Mike Muscala and the Philadelphia 76ers issued statements of apology on Saturday for tweets by Muscala's father ... This account also could be related to Muscala's father ... Some tweets seem to include questionable language, like "African-American mental illness.". Here is the statement from GM Elton Brand. ... ....
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