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FINOkoye<p>Is there any relationship between the Mande word 'jugu' for 'dangerous' and 'juju' in other west African (mostly thinking Igbo but I've heard the word used by other speakers so I suspect it's either not actually Igbo, or one of those 'pan-African' terms) languages?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linguistics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AfricanLanguages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AfricanLanguages</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AfricanHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AfricanHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>etymology</span></a></p>
Vukosi Marivate<p>Now Live:<br>Join us at the First Keynote of the Design Justice AI Institute - Prof Kwesi Kwaa Prah: “African Languages in an AI World”<br> <a href="https://youtube.com/live/umCNBoBTfL0?feature=share" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/live/umCNBoBTfL0?f</span><span class="invisible">eature=share</span></a> <br><a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/DJAI2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DJAI2024</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/AfricanLanguages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AfricanLanguages</span></a></p>
Lis Kerr<p>The CALL call is out! Submission is open for talks at the 53rd annual Colloquium on African Languages and Linguistics here at Leiden University (with online option), 26th-28th Aug 2024 (deadline 1st June)</p><p><a href="https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/2024/08/53rd-colloquium-on-african-languages-and-linguistics" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">universiteitleiden.nl/en/event</span><span class="invisible">s/2024/08/53rd-colloquium-on-african-languages-and-linguistics</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linguistics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AfricanLinguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AfricanLinguistics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AfricanLanguages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AfricanLanguages</span></a></p>
Lis Kerr<p>Repost from the African Linguistics School:</p><p>"We are pleased to announce that ALS7 will take place at the University of Education, Winneba in Ghana from July 22 to August 2, 2024! Applications are now open!"</p><p>(Applications open until 31st March)</p><p><a href="https://sites.google.com/view/als6/apply" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">sites.google.com/view/als6/app</span><span class="invisible">ly</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linguistics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AfricanLanguages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AfricanLanguages</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AfricanLinguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AfricanLinguistics</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/linguistics" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>linguistics</span></a></span></p>
Tim Mills<p>@topafricatrends@mastodon.social <br />Cool fact!</p><p>But it&#39;s not the only writing system specially adapted to an African language. Another example is the Vai syllabary: <a href="https://omniglot.com/writing/vaisyllabary.htm" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">omniglot.com/writing/vaisyllab</span><span class="invisible">ary.htm</span></a></p><p><a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/WritingSystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WritingSystem</span></a> <a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/AfricanLanguages" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AfricanLanguages</span></a></p>
Mabhengwane Mackenzie<p>So… here’s my first <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poll</span></a> on Mastodon! If I were to make (without government funding) a fully functional (all Translation Equivalents, Senses and Example Sentences) online <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dictionary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dictionary</span></a> in all 11 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SouthAfrican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SouthAfrican</span></a> official <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/languages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>languages</span></a>, together with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dialect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dialect</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/indigenousknowledgesystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>indigenousknowledgesystem</span></a> information, what would you expect in terms of affordability? Please boost for the reach. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lexicography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lexicography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AfricanLanguages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AfricanLanguages</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/survey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>survey</span></a></p>
kilombavita<p><a href="https://archive.org/details/ngugi-lol" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.org/details/ngugi-lol</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>The Language of Languages: Reflections on Translation by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o</p><p>Topics<br><a href="https://rage.love/tags/translation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>translation</span></a>, <a href="https://rage.love/tags/literarytranslation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>literarytranslation</span></a>, <a href="https://rage.love/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linguistics</span></a>, <a href="https://rage.love/tags/sociolinguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sociolinguistics</span></a>, <a href="https://rage.love/tags/colonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>colonialism</span></a>, <a href="https://rage.love/tags/Africanlanguages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Africanlanguages</span></a>, <a href="https://rage.love/tags/PanAfricanism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PanAfricanism</span></a>, <a href="https://rage.love/tags/languagepolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>languagepolicy</span></a>, <a href="https://rage.love/tags/languagepolicies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>languagepolicies</span></a></p><p>With clear, conversational prose, this is the first book dedicated entirely to Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o’s writings on translation.</p><p>Through his many critically acclaimed novels, stories, essays, plays, and memoirs, Kenyan writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o has been at the forefront of world literature for decades. He has also been, in his own words, “a language warrior,” fighting for indigenous African languages to find their rightful place in the literary world. Having begun his writing career in English, Ngũgĩ shifted to writing in his native language Gikũyũ in 1977, a stance both creatively and politically significant. For decades now, Ngũgĩ has been translating his Gikũyũ works into English himself, and he has used many platforms to champion the practice and cause of literary translations, which he calls “the language of languages.”</p>
kilombavita<p><a href="https://archive.org/details/awing-english" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archive.org/details/awing-engl</span><span class="invisible">ish</span></a></p><p>Awing - English Dictionary and English - Awing Index by Alomofor Christian</p><p>Topics<br><a href="https://rage.love/tags/Mb%C9%A8%CC%81%C9%A8wi%C5%8B%C9%99" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mbɨ́ɨwiŋə</span></a>, <a href="https://rage.love/tags/Awing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Awing</span></a>, <a href="https://rage.love/tags/Mbwewi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mbwewi</span></a>, <a href="https://rage.love/tags/Cameroon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cameroon</span></a>, <a href="https://rage.love/tags/Kamerun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kamerun</span></a>, <a href="https://rage.love/tags/bilingualdictionary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bilingualdictionary</span></a>, <a href="https://rage.love/tags/bilingualdictionaries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bilingualdictionaries</span></a>, <a href="https://rage.love/tags/translationdictionary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>translationdictionary</span></a>, <a href="https://rage.love/tags/translationdictionaries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>translationdictionaries</span></a>, <a href="https://rage.love/tags/Africanlanguages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Africanlanguages</span></a>, <a href="https://rage.love/tags/indigenouslanguages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>indigenouslanguages</span></a>, <a href="https://rage.love/tags/languagesofCameroon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>languagesofCameroon</span></a>, <a href="https://rage.love/tags/languagesofKamerun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>languagesofKamerun</span></a>, <a href="https://rage.love/tags/languagesofAfrica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>languagesofAfrica</span></a></p><p>CABTAL (Cameroon Association for Bible Translation and Literacy), Yaoundé.</p>
kilombavita<p><a href="https://archive.org/details/indigenous-languages-of-cameroon" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archive.org/details/indigenous</span><span class="invisible">-languages-of-cameroon</span></a></p><p>Indigenous Languages of Cameroon by Emmanuel N. Chia</p><p>Topics<br><a href="https://rage.love/tags/Cameroon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cameroon</span></a>, <a href="https://rage.love/tags/Kamerun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kamerun</span></a>, <a href="https://rage.love/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linguistics</span></a>, <a href="https://rage.love/tags/sociolinguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sociolinguistics</span></a>, <a href="https://rage.love/tags/Africanlanguages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Africanlanguages</span></a>, <a href="https://rage.love/tags/Africanlinguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Africanlinguistics</span></a>, <a href="https://rage.love/tags/languagesofCameroon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>languagesofCameroon</span></a>, <a href="https://rage.love/tags/languagesofKamerun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>languagesofKamerun</span></a>, <a href="https://rage.love/tags/indigenouslanguages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>indigenouslanguages</span></a>, <a href="https://rage.love/tags/indigenouslinguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>indigenouslinguistics</span></a></p><p>Paper is undated; the most recent citations within are dated 1981.</p>
KCL Digital Humanities<p>Can people engage in debates about digitisation using indigenous languages? How does linguistic colonialism manifest itself in digital technologies? What are the implications of digital platform use for the future of African languages?</p><p>Looking forward to this online event on "African languages and technological transformations: debating knowledge, rights and power on a digital continent":<br><a href="http://kingsdh.net/2023/02/23/africa-week/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">kingsdh.net/2023/02/23/africa-</span><span class="invisible">week/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/digitalhumanities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>digitalhumanities</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/digitalculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>digitalculture</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/digitalrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>digitalrights</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/platformstudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>platformstudies</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/colonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>colonialism</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/linguisticcolonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linguisticcolonialism</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/decolonisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>decolonisation</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/africanlanguages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>africanlanguages</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/commodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>commodon</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/mediastudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mediastudies</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/internetstudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>internetstudies</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/africaweek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>africaweek</span></a></p>
kilombavita<p><a href="https://archive.org/details/ocean-of-letters" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archive.org/details/ocean-of-l</span><span class="invisible">etters</span></a></p><p>Ocean of Letters: Language and Creolization in an Indian Ocean Diaspora by Pier M. Larson</p><p>Topics<br><a href="https://rage.love/tags/IndianOcean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IndianOcean</span></a>, <a href="https://rage.love/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a>, <a href="https://rage.love/tags/Africanhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Africanhistory</span></a>, <a href="https://rage.love/tags/historyofAfrica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>historyofAfrica</span></a>, <a href="https://rage.love/tags/Madagascar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Madagascar</span></a>, <a href="https://rage.love/tags/Comoros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Comoros</span></a>, <a href="https://rage.love/tags/theComoros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>theComoros</span></a>, <a href="https://rage.love/tags/SouthAfrica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SouthAfrica</span></a>, <a href="https://rage.love/tags/Azania" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Azania</span></a>, <a href="https://rage.love/tags/Malagasydiaspora" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Malagasydiaspora</span></a>, <a href="https://rage.love/tags/Malagasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Malagasy</span></a>, <a href="https://rage.love/tags/Africanliterature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Africanliterature</span></a>, <a href="https://rage.love/tags/literatureofAfrica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>literatureofAfrica</span></a>, <a href="https://rage.love/tags/imperialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>imperialism</span></a>, <a href="https://rage.love/tags/colonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>colonialism</span></a>, <a href="https://rage.love/tags/antiblackness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>antiblackness</span></a>, <a href="https://rage.love/tags/slavery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>slavery</span></a>, <a href="https://rage.love/tags/slavetrade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>slavetrade</span></a>, <a href="https://rage.love/tags/blackchattelslavery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blackchattelslavery</span></a>, <a href="https://rage.love/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linguistics</span></a>, <a href="https://rage.love/tags/sociolinguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sociolinguistics</span></a>, <a href="https://rage.love/tags/Africanlanguages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Africanlanguages</span></a>, <a href="https://rage.love/tags/languagesofAfrica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>languagesofAfrica</span></a></p>
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