Prioritizing African Languages: Challenges to macro-level planning for resourcing and capacity building
This paper addresses key considerations and challenges involved in the process of prioritizing languages in an area of high linguistic diversity like Africa alongside other world regions. The paper identifies general considerations that must be taken into account in this process and reviews the...
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| author | Tristan M. Purvis Christopher R. Green Gregory K. Iverson |
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| description | This paper addresses key considerations and challenges involved in
the process of prioritizing languages in an area of high linguistic diversity
like Africa alongside other world regions. The paper identifies
general considerations that must be taken into account in this process
and reviews the placement of African languages on priority lists over
the years and across different agencies and organizations. An outline
of factors is presented that is used when organizing resources and
planning research on African languages that categorizes major or critical
languages within a framework that allows for broad coverage of
the full linguistic diversity of the continent. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d01ba4af490b43609886acd45a9f2d9c2022-12-21T18:19:35ZengNational Council of Less Commonly Taught LanguagesJournal of the National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages1930-90312012-01-0111130Prioritizing African Languages: Challenges to macro-level planning for resourcing and capacity buildingTristan M. Purvis 0Christopher R. Green 1Gregory K. Iverson 2University of Maryland Center for Advanced Study of Language University of Maryland Center for Advanced Study of Language University of Maryland Center for Advanced Study of Language This paper addresses key considerations and challenges involved in the process of prioritizing languages in an area of high linguistic diversity like Africa alongside other world regions. The paper identifies general considerations that must be taken into account in this process and reviews the placement of African languages on priority lists over the years and across different agencies and organizations. An outline of factors is presented that is used when organizing resources and planning research on African languages that categorizes major or critical languages within a framework that allows for broad coverage of the full linguistic diversity of the continent.http://www.ncolctl.org/files/Priotizing.pdflanguage prioritizationAfrican languagescapacity buildinglanguage diversitylanguage documentation |
| spellingShingle | Tristan M. Purvis Christopher R. Green Gregory K. Iverson Prioritizing African Languages: Challenges to macro-level planning for resourcing and capacity building Journal of the National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages language prioritization African languages capacity building language diversity language documentation |
| title | Prioritizing African Languages: Challenges to macro-level planning for resourcing and capacity building |
| title_full | Prioritizing African Languages: Challenges to macro-level planning for resourcing and capacity building |
| title_fullStr | Prioritizing African Languages: Challenges to macro-level planning for resourcing and capacity building |
| title_full_unstemmed | Prioritizing African Languages: Challenges to macro-level planning for resourcing and capacity building |
| title_short | Prioritizing African Languages: Challenges to macro-level planning for resourcing and capacity building |
| title_sort | prioritizing african languages challenges to macro level planning for resourcing and capacity building |
| topic | language prioritization African languages capacity building language diversity language documentation |
| url | http://www.ncolctl.org/files/Priotizing.pdf |
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