African Languages

Learn Shona with this complete course, now with free audio download!Spoken by over 10 million people worldwide, Shona (also known as ChiShona) is an official language of Zimbabwe. It is also spoken in Mozambique, Malawi, and Zambia. It is one of the most...

Over 5 million people speak Wolof in the Gambia, Senegal and Mauritania. It is the language spoken by businesspeople in these countries and has become increasingly prevalent in the area's radio and TV programming. Knowledge of Wolof is essential for...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781777277109Author Elisha O OgbonnaFormat PaperbackPage Count 202Imprint Prinoelio PressPublisher Prinoelio PressWeight(grams) 304gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

This dictionary and phrasebook includes a dictionary part plus helpful phrasebook chapters covering a variety of subjects.About the AuthorNicholas Awde is a writer and regional consultant based in the Caucasus and Central Asia. Peter Maghashyan is a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789988869762Author Daphne Barlatt PrattFormat PaperbackPage Count 198Imprint Sierra Leonean Writers SeriesPublisher Sierra Leonean Writers...

This compact dictionary includes comprehensive definitions and idiomatic expressions for more than 14,000 entries.About the AuthorJan KromhoutBook InformationISBN 9780781808460Author Jan KromhoutFormat PaperbackPage Count 439Imprint Hippocrene Books Inc...

Zulu is spoken by approximately 16 million people worldwide. Over 10 million of these speakers are in South Africa, where the Zulu are the largest cultural subgroup in the country. This unique, two-part resource provides travelers to South Africa with...

New in paperback and in an updated edition, Swahili for Starters: A Practical Introductory Course teaches Swahili in its social and cultural context, by modern and entertaining methods. An ideal beginners' text, it introduces the language in a natural...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783739963198Author Cornelia HaasFormat PaperbackPage Count 34Imprint Sefa VerlagPublisher Sefa VerlagWeight(grams) 136gDimensions(mm) 279mm * 216mm * 2mm

Kinyarwanda, also known as Rwandan, is a national language of Rwanda (along with French and English) and spoken by almost all of the 11 million inhabitants of the country. Kinyarwanda is the second most widely spoken Bantu language after Kiswahili. It...

Colloquial Afrikaans provides a step-by-step course in Afrikaans as it is written and spoken in South Africa and Namibia today. Combining a user-friendly approach with a thorough treatment of the language, it equips learners with the essential skills...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781843560074Author Maxamud Jaamac QooresheelFormat PaperbackPage Count 445Imprint Simon Wallenberg PressPublisher Simon Wallenberg Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789988292881Author LearnakanFormat PaperbackPage Count 344Imprint Learnakan BooksPublisher Learnakan BooksWeight(grams) 458gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

This combination Amharic phrasebook and two-way Amharic-English dictionary is an essential reference for visitors to Ethiopia. The Hippocrene Dictionary & Phrasebook series allows you be a traveler, not a tourist, by connecting with the local culture and...

Oromo is spoken as a first language by more than 25 million Oromo and neighboring peoples in Ethiopia and Kenya. Oromo is the fourth most widely spoken language in Africa. Also known as Afaan Oromo, Oromiffa(a), and sometimes in other languages by...

There are over 6 million Xhosa speakers in South Africa, where the Xhosa people are the second largest cultural subgroup (after the Zulu). Xhosa is a tonal language known for its clicking sounds. This unique, two-part resource provides travelers to South...

The essential Kikongo language resource!Kikongo (also known as Kongo) is a Bantu language spoken by over 5 million people worldwide, mostly by the Kongo and Ndundu people living in the tropical forests of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781569023792Author Girma A. DemekeFormat PaperbackPage Count 310Imprint Red Sea Press,U.S.Publisher Red Sea Press,U.S.Weight(grams) 505g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783000582172Author Brian Robbo OgbeideFormat PaperbackPage Count 430Imprint Brian Robbo OgbeidePublisher Brian Robbo OgbeideWeight(grams) 572gDimensions(mm)...

This first-of-its kind dictionary contains: 30,000 entries; Background notes on Pulaar; Introduction to Pulaar grammatical categories; Pronunciation guide; Lists of ordinal and cardinal numbers.Book InformationISBN 9780781804790Author Mamadou NiangFormat...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789964302450Author Florence Abena DolphyneFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint Ghana University PressPublisher Ghana University PressWeight(grams)...

With over 14,000 translations, including everyday idioms and expressions, Essential Swahili Dictionary is the perfect tool to support your Swahili learning. This new edition is fully updated with a guide to usage and insights from the author to help you...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781470027834Author kasahorowFormat PaperbackPage Count 30Imprint Kasahorow FoundationPublisher Kasahorow Foundation

Colloquial Amharic: The Complete Course for Beginners has been carefully developed by an experienced teacher to provide a step-by-step course to Amharic as it is written and spoken today. Combining a clear, practical and accessible style with a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781838439705Author Tughu AiyewaFormat PaperbackPage Count 70Imprint NielsenPublisher NielsenWeight(grams) 249gDimensions(mm) 279mm * 216mm * 5mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789789759262Author Oluwadamilare IgbayiloyeFormat PaperbackPage Count 50Imprint National Library of NigeriaPublisher National Library of...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789966151681Author Mungai MutonyaFormat PaperbackPage Count 198Imprint Kilele Publications & Productions Ltd.Publisher Kilele Publications & Productions Ltd...

This edited book examines the crucial role still played by African languages in pedagogy and literatures in the 21st century, generating insights into how they effectively serve cultural needs across the African continent and beyond. Boldly positioning...

African-language writing is in crisis. The conditions under which African writing developed in the past (only remotely similar to those of Western models), resulted in an inability of Eurocentric literary models to explore the hermeneutic world of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780865439368Author Sharifa M ZawawiFormat PaperbackPage Count 344Imprint Africa Research & PublicationsPublisher Africa World PressWeight(grams) 1004g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780865436657Author Paul F A KoteyFormat PaperbackPage Count 330Imprint Africa Research & PublicationsPublisher Africa World PressWeight(grams) 515g

In an attempt to initiate a demotic "Sammelbuch", the author collects over 230 demotic texts from a wide variety of mostly votive objects: coins, cups and bowls, bronze tables, censers, statuettes, statues, non-funerary stelas, and offering tables. All...

The study of African languages in Germany, or Afrikanistik, originated among Protestant missionaries in the early nineteenth century and was incorporated into German universities after Germany entered the "Scramble for Africa" and became a colonial power...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783447017299Author Wolf LeslauFormat HardbackPage Count 552Imprint Harrassowitz VerlagPublisher Harrassowitz VerlagWeight(grams) 1072g

Layton's "Coptic Gnostic Chrestomathy" is an essential tool for scholars and students of the Gnostic corpus. This useful and accurate text edition contains a large, representative selection of works in Coptic, ranging from Sethian Gnostic classics such...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781569024072Author Girma A. DemekeFormat PaperbackPage Count 1Imprint Red Sea Press,U.S.Publisher Red Sea Press,U.S.

Shengologa (Kgalagadi) is a Bantu language spoken in the Republic of Botswana. The present volume describes a set of nouns in Shengologa. This set of nouns is distinguished within a synchronic analysis from other grammatical categories on purely formal...

This book outlines how African language media is affected by politics, technology, culture, and the economy and how this media is creatively produced and appropriated by audiences across cultures and contexts.African language media can be considered as a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781945351907Author Marnie ReedFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint TESOL International AssociationPublisher TESOL International AssociationWeight(grams)...