Event calendar: Star member club-Erdington  Tuesday: Join our quiz community and play against others for free and win amazing prizes Wednesday: Free Easy...
FYI, this item was seen on Malilink. I appended the announcement letter below instead of attaching the file - it has the URL for more info. The prize is as far...
FYI, from AppAfrica http://appfrica.net/blog/archives/241 : Ugandan Students Translating Firefox into Local Languages August 14th, 2008 I?ve written quite a...
FYI, from the UNESCO site at http://portal.unesco.org/education/en/ev.php-URL_ID=57672&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html ... Just published: Why Languages...
Just want to ask if there is a dictionary available for leaning frafra language spoken in Ghana. I have a friend there and would like to learn some simple...
Hi all, I think the following job opportunity might be of interest to you or somebody you know. Best, Anja ... From: Lameen Date: 2008/8/27 Subject: Fwd: Job...
See: http://linguistlist.org/issues/19/19-2901.html This is a very prestigious position at Michigan State. As it explicitly mentions the possibility of a...
The Nigerian-born author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie "who chronicled her homeland's wrenching conflicts" is one of this year's recipients of the MacArthur...
ANLoc, the African Network for Localization, has started an initiative to build locales for over 100 African languages. The project is now ready to line up...
Fwd from lgpolicy-list... Call for Book Chapter Proposals Call for Book Chapter Proposals- Language and Politics In Africa: Contemporary Issues Proposal...
FYI... ... Call for Papers Language Technologies for African Languages March 30 or 31 (to be determined), 2009 Athens, Greece A Workshop at the annual meeting...
The following article from the Ugandan paper, New Vision, was seen on lgpolicy-list... Dons criticize new language curriculum Wednesday, 8th October, 2008 ...
FYI, from the ALTA list via H-Swahili - an extension of the deadline for papers on "Towards a New Paradigm in Teaching and Learning African Languages" - at the...
As many of you may know, the National Museum of Language (U.S.) is sponsoring a contest for design of a flag symbolizing languages and their importance. There...
The following press release was seen at http://www.somalipressreview.com/view.php?articleid=968 (via a Google alert)... Somalia: The Word and the Way to a...
Two articles follow concerning the passing of South African author, Es'kia Mphahlele. Both mention that his major work (among many), Down Second Avenue, has...
I am interested in learning Twi, and also about the relationship between Twi and closely related languages. For instance, what is the relationship between Twi...
... Fante and Twi are both dialects of Akan. Twi is actually a dialect continuum (or umbrella label) for several dialects such as Asante, Brong, Akuapem, and...
Celebrating Barrack Obama victory - 29th November 2008. Special Black History Event@the Star member club   We invite Artistic individuals, none...
Check out SCALI: http://africa.msu.edu/scali/interest.php Where do you live? Cheers, Michael R. Marlo Visiting Lecturer Department of Linguistics Indiana...
Hi Jouni:I just visited your page and have a few corrections for the links there: The Akan dictionary is now located at http://dictionary.kasahorow.com/all/ak ...
Hi Paa Kwesi, Jouni, all, I added Jouni's site and corrected the link on the PanAfriL10n wiki page on Akan at http://www.panafril10n.org/PanAfrLoc/Akan . This...
The following text of an address by Olabiyi Babalola Joseph Yaï of Benin in India was seen on the site of the Indian current affairs weekly, Mainstream. In...