QZ: We’d have a better chance of preserving Africa’s dying languages if we learned their history June 14, 2017
Posted by OromianEconomist in Uncategorized.Tags: Afaan Oromo Kushitic Kemetic language, Afaan Oromoo, Africa, African languages, Indigenous People and Language, Oromo, QZ
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We’d have a better chance of preserving Africa’s dying languages if we learned their history
By Abdi Latif Dahir, Quartz Africa
‘Across the world, African languages are slowly taking the center stage and are being recognized for their importance. For instance, you can now learn Zulu on an app, read a growing list of articles in African languages on Wikipedia, and receive thousands of dollars in awards for your fictional Swahili piece or poem. And many universities from Ethiopia to South Africa are making African languages like Afan Oromo and isiXhosa a compulsory subject. But Africa still has some of the world’s highest concentration of at-risk languages. And that can be reversed by first understanding and studying the past history, present evolution, and future use of these languages.’ Click here to read the full article QZ.
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