The Gur languages, also known as Central Gur or Mabia, belong to the Niger–Congo languages.They are spoken in the Sahelian and savanna regions of West Africa, namely: in most areas of Burkina Faso, and in south-central Mali, northeastern Ivory Coast, the northern halves of Ghana and Togo, northwestern Benin, and southwestern Niger.A few …The Languages of West Africa: Handbook of African Languages Part 2 Diedrich Westermann , M. A. Bryan Routledge , Sep 22, 2017 - Language Arts & Disciplines - 282 pagesYoruba (IPA: /jōrùbá/, UK: / ˈjɒrʊbə /, [2] US: / ˈjɒrəbə /; [3] Yor. Èdè Yorùbá; Ajami: عِدعِ يوْرُبا) is a language spoken in West Africa, primarily in Southwestern and Central Nigeria. It is spoken by the ethnic Yoruba people. The number of Yoruba speakers is roughly 44 million, plus about 2 million second-language ...The Hausa language is the most widely spoken language in West Africa. In fact, whereas there are 20 million people who are ethnic Hausa, there are 22 million people who speak the Hausa language, and another 17 million who speak it as a second language. Prior to the arrival of Europeans, the Hausa had several independent city-states that ...The studies he had begun in Togoland led to an interest in the Sudanic languages, early results of which were published as Die Sudansprachen (1911), but his classification of the languages was continually modified over the years, most notably in “Charaketer und Einteilung der Sudansprachen” (Africa, 1935) and, with M. A. Bryan, The Languages of …This article looks at topic marking strategies in Kusaal and related Mabia (Gur) languages: Dagaare, Buli, Moore, Dabgani, and Gurene, spoken in Ghana, Togo and Ivory Coast. It is generally observed that these languages use left dislocation as a topic coding strategy. They either use topic phrases or particles, which may be obligatory or optional. It is …An important early contribution is A. D. H. Bivar, “The Arabic Calligraphy of West Africa,” African Language Review 7 (1968): 3-15). Bivar, however, identified the thick, angular styles as ajami, whereas ajami is currently more commonly employed (including in this website) to mean a variant of the Arabic script used to write in languages ...Interactive map of 5 West African languages + French. Both are known by a range of local names but are widely held to be mutually intelligible to varying degrees depending on the region/speaker etc. For comparison's sake, I also included data for French as well as three other major West African languages (Mooré, Songhay and Wolof).Many African countries today speak a European language as the official language. Mauritania is the only country that has Arabic as its official language. Nigeria has English plus other local languages. The official languages of most of West Africa are either French or English, and Guinea-Bissau’s official language is Portuguese.The Afro-Asiatic family (353 living languages of which 299 are spoken in Africa, with a total of 340 million speakers) is not exclusively African. It also extends to the Arabic Peninsula, and covers only the northern part of West Africa. It includes Hausa which is the leading African language in terms of number of speakers.The Bantu migration refers to the geographic spreading over Africa, from 1000 A.D. to 1800 A.D., of the Bantu, a collection of people that spoke the Bantu language. The Bantu includes groups like the Baganda, Banyoro, Batoru of Uganda, Akam...Africans speaking a rich assortment of West African languages such as Mandinka, Mende, and Gola-among many others-learned English subsequent to their shackled emigration from Africa to North America.Yoruba (IPA: /jōrùbá/, UK: / ˈjɒrʊbə /, [2] US: / ˈjɒrəbə /; [3] Yor. Èdè Yorùbá; Ajami: عِدعِ يوْرُبا) is a language spoken in West Africa, primarily in Southwestern and Central Nigeria. It is spoken by the ethnic Yoruba people. The number of Yoruba speakers is roughly 44 million, plus about 2 million second-language ... The Bantu migration refers to the geographic spreading over Africa, from 1000 A.D. to 1800 A.D., of the Bantu, a collection of people that spoke the Bantu language. The Bantu includes groups like the Baganda, Banyoro, Batoru of Uganda, Akam...African Linguistics on the Prairie features select revised peer-reviewed papers from the 45th Annual Conference on African Linguistics, held at the University of Kansas. The articles in this volume reflect the enormous diversity of African languages, as they focus on languages from all of the major African language phyla. The articles here also …Westermann's 1911 Die Sudansprachen.. Diedrich Hermann Westermann (June 24, 1875 – May 31, 1956) was a German missionary, Africanist, and linguist.He substantially extended and revised the work of Carl Meinhof, his teacher, although he rejected some of Meinhof's theories only implicitly.Westermann is seen as one of the founders of modern African …Despite increased access to mobile technology in Africa, internet adoption was still lagging behind. Promoting local languages and providing relevant, homegrown content could increase internet adoption across the African continent, a new re...Benin (/ b ɛ ˈ n iː n / ⓘ ben-EEN, / b ɪ ˈ n iː n / bin-EEN; French: Bénin, Fon: Benɛ, Fula: Benen), officially the Republic of Benin (French: République du Bénin), and formerly Dahomey, is a country in West Africa.It is bordered by Togo to the west, Nigeria to the east, Burkina Faso to the north-west, and Niger to the north-east. The majority of its …7. YORUBA - More than 30 million speakers in Africa. The Yoruba language is spoken mainly throughout West Africa. However, no two regions speak the Yoruba language in the same manner. The language is tonal with nasal pronunciations. The development of this language is said to have had some Arabic influences.Dogon, ethnic group of the central plateau region of Mali that spreads across the border into Burkina Faso.There is some doubt as to the correct classification of the many dialects of the Dogon language; the language has been placed in the Mande, Gur, and other branches of the Niger-Congo language family, but its relationship to other …Some names for grandparents in different African countries are Jiddah and Jadd in Morocco, Nkuku and Ntatemogolo in Botswana and Ambuya and Sekuru in the Shona dialect. Names differ depending on a family’s language, dialect and country of o...In Africa, majority of native English speakers are from South Africa, and the language is most spoken in Botswana, Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Mauritius, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, Uganda and Zimbabwe. African languages form part of four language groups, namely Afro ... Landlocked West African nation Niger covers an area of around 1,270,000 sq km. It is the largest country in West Africa. Niger is a developing nation, whose economy is concentrated around subsistence. 13. Nigeria Language: English Population: 175 Million. Nigeria is known as the “Giant of Africa” due to its large population and economy.West Africa's landscape is mainly flat with coastal plains in the west and south, especially in Senegal, the southern Ivory Coast, the Niger Delta and the lower valleys of the Volta and Niger rivers. The interior consists of a hilly low plateau with elevations below 500 m. The highest peaks in West Africa are in the densely forested Guinea ... The main economic activity in the region is subsistence agriculture. Minerals, diamonds, or oil are also extracted in varying amounts in West Africa. West Africa has a large number of independent states that share similar economic qualities of poverty with rapidly expanding populations. Foreign aid and international assistance have been extensive.May 17, 2021 · 3 West African countries, Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger, are landlocked. West Africa is a subregion of the continent of Africa, according to the United Nations Geoscheme. It is bordered to the west and south by the Atlantic Ocean, to the north by the subregion of North Africa, and to the east by the subregion of Middle Africa. Nov 20, 2019 · Language and pottery both suggest that the ancestors of the Wolof had originally migrated here from central or eastern Africa. They fished, grew wet rice, and herded cattle, sheep, and goats (and later, pigs). They used iron for tools, pottery, and jewellery. The people of this area of West Africa also set up megalithic monuments and burial ... Nov 30, 2022 ... Liberian Kreyol Liberian creole is the most common variety, developed from Liberian Interior Pidgin English. The Liberian version of West ...Kwa languages, a branch of the Niger-Congo language family consisting of 45 languages spoken by approximately 20 million people in the southern areas of Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, and Benin and in the extreme southwestern corner of Nigeria. The Kwa languages are divided into two groups. The largerChrissie Emma Rey. We analysed the sequence diversity in the reverse transcriptase (RT)/ribonuclease H (RNaseH) coding region of 19 badnavirus isolates infecting yam (Dioscorea spp.) in Ghana ...Mauritania, officially the Islamic Republic of Mauritania (Arabic: الجمهورية الإسلامية الموريتانية), is a sovereign country in Northwest Africa.It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Western Sahara to the north and northwest, Algeria to the northeast, Mali to the east and southeast, and Senegal to the southwest.By land area, Mauritania is the 11th-largest …Mali (/ ˈ m ɑː l i / ⓘ; French pronunciation:), officially the Republic of Mali, is a landlocked country in West Africa.Mali is the eighth-largest country in Africa, with an area of over 1,241,238 square kilometres (479,245 sq mi).The country is bordered on the north by Algeria, on the east by Niger, on the northwest by Mauritania, on the south by Burkina …Gabon, country lying on the west coast of Africa, astride the Equator. A former French colony, Gabon retains strong ties to France and to the French language and culture. The capital is Libreville. Land. ... Ethnic groups and languages. Punu mask from Gabon. Except for a few thousand Pygmies, Gabon’s 40 or so peoples speak Bantu …West Africa is one of the oldest and most complex regions on Earth. West African people have dwelled there for approximately 300,000 years. The earliest human remains in West Africa are ...Introduction. West Africa is home to well over 1,000 languages. On a daily basis, one person may communicate in many languages: their mother tongue; other African languages; languages introduced from outside West Africa such as English, French and Arabic; and pidgins or creoles, which developed from the mixing of external (usually European) languages with local languages.Apr 29, 2013 ... Why do I really, really love West African languages? · Yoruba: Yoruba has twelve vowels. · Akan: There are several different dialects of Akan, so ...In Africa, majority of native English speakers are from South Africa, and the language is most spoken in Botswana, Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Mauritius, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, Uganda and Zimbabwe. African languages form part of four language groups, namely Afro ... First, through trade contacts along the African West coast, which occurred from the fifteenth century onward, giving rise to pidgin Englishes in West Africa. Second, native varieties in Africa are spoken by descendants of British settlers and others who shifted to English as their native language.West Africa's landscape is mainly flat with coastal plains in the west and south, especially in Senegal, the southern Ivory Coast, the Niger Delta and the lower valleys of the Volta and Niger rivers. The interior consists of a …Nov 27, 2015 ... But no matter whether Wolof, Diula, Efik or Gur are spoken here, the impact is clear. The proliferation of West Africans in the northern reaches ...The Akan language is the official language of Ghana. It is a significant language in West Africa and is spoken by over 20 million people. Akan is a tonal language, which means that the meaning of a word can change depending on the tone in which it is spoken. There are three main dialects of Akan: Fanti, Asante, and Akuapem.The Sahel region (/ s ə ˈ h ɛ l /; from Arabic ساحل (sāḥil) 'coast, shore') or Sahelian acacia savanna is a biogeographic region in Africa.It is the transition zone between the more humid Sudanian savannas to its south and the drier Sahara to the north. The Sahel has a hot steppe climate and stretches across the southernmost latitudes of North Africa between …An accessible look at the Wolof language, from Senegal in West Africa, which has a unique pronoun system where pronouns do much of the work more usually done...Dagbani, Kusaal and Mampruli are Mabia languages spoken in the Northern Region, the Upper East Region and the North-East Region of Ghana respectively. According to Bodomo (2020: 6–7) speakers of these languages in Ghana number around 900,000 for Dagbani, 500,000 for Kusaal and 300,000 for Mampruli.Jan 28, 2019 · Words uttered in the Niger-congo languages of West Africa are predominately tonal and the orature of the cultures that speak them is often stylized, epithetic, proverbial, and melodic. These are the very expanded patterns of expression on which the talking drum depends. A spoken word, given context, tone, and rhythm in a drum motif ... Currency: West African CFA franc; Official language: Portuguese; Area: 36,125 square kilometers; French is the national language of many countries in West Africa except Guinea-Bissau and a few others. Most countries in West Africa were colonized by France, followed by Portugal, then Britain.Senegal, officially the Republic of Senegal, is a country in West Africa, on the Atlantic Ocean coastline. Senegal is bordered by Mauritania to the north, Mali to the east, Guinea to the southeast and Guinea-Bissau to the southwest.Senegal nearly surrounds The Gambia, a country occupying a narrow sliver of land along the banks of the Gambia River, which …English. English is the primary language of many countries in West Africa. Nations like Nigeria, The Gambia, Liberia, Ghana and Sierra Leone speak if officially. Yoruba. Yoruba is one of the most cardinal languages in Nigeria with over 30 million speakers in Benin, Nigeria and Togo. Smaller communities of Yoruba speakers can be found in Sierra ...The languages of West Africa by Westermann, Diedrich, 1875-1956. Publication date 1952 Topics African languages, Africa, West -- Languages Publisher London ; New York : Published for the International African Institute by the Oxford University Press CollectionDahomey. The Kingdom of Dahomey around 1894, superimposed on a map of the modern-day Republic of Benin, in the region of West Africa. The Kingdom of Dahomey ( / dəˈhoʊmi /) was a West African kingdom located within present-day Benin that existed from approximately 1600 until 1904. Dahomey developed on the Abomey Plateau amongst …The Languages of West Africa: Handbook of African Languages Part 2 Diedrich Westermann , M. A. Bryan Routledge , Sep 22, 2017 - Language Arts & Disciplines - 282 pagesChrissie Emma Rey. We analysed the sequence diversity in the reverse transcriptase (RT)/ribonuclease H (RNaseH) coding region of 19 badnavirus isolates infecting yam (Dioscorea spp.) in Ghana ...Namibia, country located on the southwestern coast of Africa. It is bordered by Angola to the north, Zambia to the northeast, Botswana to the east, South Africa to the southeast and south, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. It ranges from arid in the north to desert on the coast and in the east.Africans speaking a rich assortment of West African languages such as Mandinka, Mende, and Gola-among many others-learned English subsequent to their shackled emigration from Africa to North America.West Africa is, without doubt, the powerhouse of the African continent. Many people, however, find it confusing on which country or not is in the region. Here is a list of countries in West Africa AnswersAfrica AnswersAfrica.com ... Only 14% of the population in Guinea-Bissau speaks Portuguese as the official language, the majority (up to 44%) speak Kriol …Dahomey. The Kingdom of Dahomey around 1894, superimposed on a map of the modern-day Republic of Benin, in the region of West Africa. The Kingdom of Dahomey ( / dəˈhoʊmi /) was a West African kingdom located within present-day Benin that existed from approximately 1600 until 1904. Dahomey developed on the Abomey Plateau amongst …North Africa: Arabic dialects, including Egyptian Arabic (~100M speakers), Maghrebi Arabic/Darija (~100M speakers) Horn of Africa: Amharic (~25M speakers), spoken in Ethiopia, plus Oromo (50+M speakers) and Somali. West Africa: Hausa (~115M speakers), mostly in the Sahel, as well as Yoruba, Igbo, and Fula.Once just an obscure island dialect of an African Bantu tongue, Swahili has evolved into Africa’s most internationally recognized language. It is peer to the few languages of the world that boast over 200 million users. Once just an obscure...West Africa & the Sudan Region. The Sudan region of West Africa (not to be confused with the modern state of that name), where the Ghana Empire would develop, had been inhabited since the Neolithic period as is evidenced by Iron Age tumuli, megaliths and remains of abandoned villages. The Niger River regularly flooded parts of this dry …Nov 16, 2016 · West African Pidgin English, also called Guinea Coast Creole English, was a language of commerce spoken along the coast during the Atlantic slave trade in the late 17th and 18th Centuries. This ... Answers for West African language crossword clue, 6 letters. Search for crossword clues found in the Daily Celebrity, NY Times, Daily Mirror, Telegraph and major publications. Find clues for West African language or most any crossword answer or …The Hausa language is the most widely spoken language in West Africa. In fact, whereas there are 20 million people who are ethnic Hausa, there are 22 million people who speak the Hausa language, and another 17 million who speak it as a second language. Prior to the arrival of Europeans, the Hausa had several independent city-states that ...Khoi-San (unity doubtful; Khoikhoi, San, Sandawe + Hadza) Malayo-Polynesian ( Malagasy) Indo-European ( Afrikaaner) The ethnic groups of Africa number in the thousands, with each population generally having its own language (or dialect of a language) and culture. The ethnolinguistic groups include various Afroasiatic, Khoisan, Niger-Congo, and ... Of all four, the Niger-Congo, Afroasiatic and Nilo-Saharan are found in West Africa. Afroasiatic Language Afroasiatic languages are spoken across North Africa, and Southwest Asia.West Africa or Western Africa is the westernmost region of Africa.The United Nations defines Western Africa as the 16 countries of Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory …The region of West Africa includes the southern portion of the bulge of the continent, which extends westward to the Atlantic Ocean. This region is bisected by the African Transition Zone, which borders the southern edge of the Sahara Desert. The main physical features include the Sahara Desert and the Niger River. Aug 3, 2022 · The Akan language is the official language of Ghana. It is a significant language in West Africa and is spoken by over 20 million people. Akan is a tonal language, which means that the meaning of a word can change depending on the tone in which it is spoken. There are three main dialects of Akan: Fanti, Asante, and Akuapem. Once just an obscure island dialect of an African Bantu tongue, Swahili has evolved into Africa’s most internationally recognised language. It is peer to the few languages of the world that ...African Linguistics on the Prairie features select revised peer-reviewed papers from the 45th Annual Conference on African Linguistics, held at the University of Kansas. The articles in this volume reflect the enormous diversity of African languages, as they focus on languages from all of the major African language phyla. The articles here also …Africa - Sahel, Sahara, Coast: Western Africa contains a remarkable diversity of ethnic groups. It can be divided into two zones, the Sudanic savanna and the Guinea Coast. The savanna area stretches for some 3,000 miles (4,800 km) east to west along the southern Saharan borderland. Its vegetation consists of extensive grasslands and few forests, and little rain falls there. The savanna ...Languages of West Africa . West Africa is home to well over 1,000 languages. On a daily basis, one person may communicate in many languages: their mother tongue; other African languages; languages introduced from outside West Africa such as English, French and Arabic; and pidgins or creoles, which developed from the mixing of external (usually European) languages with local languages. Nigeria (/ n aɪ ˈ dʒ ɪər i ə / ⓘ ny-JEER-ee-ə), officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of Guinea to the south in the Atlantic Ocean.It covers an area of 923,769 square kilometres (356,669 sq mi), and with a population of over 230 million, it is the most populous country in …The purpose of the Journal of West African Languages is to publish articles of good quality and interest in all aspects of language and linguistics that are ...Western Africa, region of the western African continent comprising the countries of Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cabo Verde, Chad, Cote d’Ivoire, …WEST AFRICAN ENGLISH, short forms WAfrE, WAE. English as used in West Africa the official language of NIGERIA, GHANA, SIERRA LEONE, GAMBIA, and CAMEROON.It is typically acquired as a second, third, or fourth language, and the line between English as used by a small élite and the more general WEST AFRICAN PIDGIN ENGLISH is difficult to draw. Bantu languages have spread over much of Africa, reducing the previous levels of diversity. One endangered language in this area is Yangkam, spoken by fewer than 100 people, all of whom are 50 years old or older. Most of the Yangkam have shifted to speaking Hausa, one of the major national languages of Nigeria. The Fulani people of West Africa are the world’s largest nomadic group. Their native language, known as Pulaar, is spoken by over 40 million people, but for most of history, the language had no ...WEST AFRICAN ENGLISH, short forms WAfrE, WAE. English as used in West Africa the official language of NIGERIA, GHANA, SIERRA LEONE, GAMBIA, and CAMEROON.It is typically acquired as a second, third, or fourth language, and the line between English as used by a small élite and the more general WEST AFRICAN PIDGIN ENGLISH is difficult to draw. Jul 17, 2023 · The Fulani people of West Africa are the world’s largest nomadic group. Their native language, known as Pulaar, is spoken by over 40 million people, but for most of history, the language had no ... English. English is the primary language of many countries in West Africa. Nations like Nigeria, The Gambia, Liberia, Ghana and Sierra Leone speak if officially. Yoruba. Yoruba is one of the most cardinal languages in Nigeria with over 30 million speakers in Benin, Nigeria and Togo. Smaller communities of Yoruba speakers can be found in Sierra ...In West Africa, the languages most commonly spoken are the Niger-Congo languages which mainly, but not completely, belong to the Non-Bantu branches in the region. Nilo-Saharan, as well as Afro-Asiatic language speakers, are also found in reasonable numbers within this region of Africa. All in all, however, the Niger-Congo spoken languages …The Fula language is a member of the Senegambian branch of the Niger–Congo languages. Fula is spoken as a first language by the Fula people of Guinea. It is spoken by about 40% of the population of the country, who reside mainly in Middle Guinea. Malinké . This language is spoken by the Mandinka, an ethnic group of West Africa.Jan 28, 2019 · Words uttered in the Niger-congo languages of West Africa are predominately tonal and the orature of the cultures that speak them is often stylized, epithetic, proverbial, and melodic. These are the very expanded patterns of expression on which the talking drum depends. A spoken word, given context, tone, and rhythm in a drum motif ... The languages of West Africa by Westermann, Diedrich, 1875-1956. Publication date 1952 Topics African languages, Africa, West -- Languages Publisher London ; New York : Published for the International African Institute by the Oxford University Press CollectionAfrican Language Studies 8:1-51. Dalby, David. 1968. The indigenous scripts of West Africa and Surinam: their inspiration and design. African Language Studies 9:156-197. Dalby, David. 1969. Further indigenous scripts of West Africa: Manding, Wolof, and Fula alphabets and Yoruba holy-writing. 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