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    Spoken word corpus and dictionary definition for an African language by Wanjiku Nganga, Ikechukwu Achebe

    Published 2020-12-01
    “…The preservation of languages is critical to maintaining and strengthening the cultures and identities of communities, and this is especially true for under-resourced languages with a predominantly oral culture. Most African languages have a relatively short literary past, and as such the task of dictionary making cannot rely on textual corpora as has been the standard practice in lexicography. …”
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    Orthographic measures of language distances between the official South African languages by P.N. Zulu, G. Botha, E. Barnard

    Published 2008-07-01
    “…We also apply the Levenshtein distance measure to the orthographic word transcriptions from the eleven South African languages under investigation. Hierarchical clustering of the distances between the different languages shows the relationships between the languages in terms of regional groupings and closeness. …”
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    The Marjory Stanway Collection of African Language Materials at Trinity School for Ministry by Susanah Hanson

    Published 2012-11-01
    “…Most of the approximately 650-volume collection is comprised of African language Bibles and prayer books, with other items such as hymnals also present.  …”
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    Adoption of digital media by African language print newspapers: the case of Isolezwe by Salawu, Abiodun, Tsutsa, Fortune, Mpofu, Phillip

    Published 2022
    “…Digital media have transformed media’s news gathering, production and news dissemination traditions. However, African language newspapers’ use of digital media has been overlooked and understudied. …”
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    Language preferences of pre-service teachers who specialise in English and an African language by Sigudla, Malefeu Maria, Mabila, Thembinkosi E, Tirivangasi, Happy Mathew

    Published 2021
    “…The available literature revealed a negative attitude towards the use of African languages. This results in a decline of the African indigenous languages; being unsupported, which poses a challenge particularly in rural areas. …”
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    Towards an 11 x 11 Array for the Degree of Conjunctivism/Disjunctivism of the South African Languages by D. J. Prinsloo, Gilles-Maurice de Schryver

    Published 2002-06-01
    “… In this article a measurement instrument for the degree of conjunctivism / disjunctivism of the South African languages is presented. Following a discussion on conjunctivism versus disjunctivism, both absolute and relative approaches towards this measurement instrument are experimented with. …”
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    The Language Debate: by Sheikh Zobaer

    Published 2018-08-01
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