A.L.T. - African Language Training
Resources
Latest Updates
- 0.1 Classification and area information. Africa. The growing role of the French language in Africa.
- 0.3 References... etc. Africa. Historical Atlas. In French. External link. France 24. September/October, 2019.
- Announcement from the Language Sampler Team. Original date: May 15, 2014. Still valid. Overhaul needed. New material is being added. April 18, 2019.
- 2.2 Greetings...etc. Nigeria. Happy New Year In Yoruba. January 1, 2020.
- 2.6 Land, terrain, water, resources. Africa. Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia. Working on an agreement re: Dam on the Blue Nile. January, 2020.
- 2.6 Land, terrain, water, resources. Africa. Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia. Agreement re: Dam on the Blue Nile. January 16, 2020. External link. BBC.
- 2.6 Land, terrain, water, resources. Africa. Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia. Agreement re: Dam on the Blue Nile. January 16, 2020. External link. BBC.
- 2.7 Culture, etc... Happy New Year! An overview of different traditions. External link to the BBC. January 1, 2020.
- 2.7 Culture, etc... Africa. Celebrations of the New Year Throughout Africa. December 27- January 2, 2020. External link. BBC. Jan.2, 2020.
- 2.7 Culture, etc... Africa. Nigeria. Greeting the elders... External link. BBC. January 20, 2020.
- 2.7 Culture, etc... Africa. Egypt. Can Technology Help in Reconstructing the Voice of an Ancient Person? External Link. BBC. January 2020.
- 2.9 Politics, conflicts, etc. ... Africa. Lesotho. Prime Minister to Resign. Crime? External lInk. BBC. January 26, 2020.
Links
- Languages of the World/Source/Ethnologue
- Numerals.Languages of the World. External Link. Max Planck Institute.
- UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive
- 0.0 Daily News/All /Africa
- 0.1 Nigeria, Languages, Classification &Area Information, link to Ethnologue
- 0.1 Classification. How many language families are there? Quotes about the Ethnologue.
- 0.1 African Language Families
- 0.1 Classification and area information. Languages and the World. The highest diversity? Africa and Asia!
- 0.1 Classification and area Information.The Kalahari Basin area. External Link. Former Project. Max Planck Institute.
- 0.2 Africa maps, quiz, link Christian Science Monitor
- 0.3 Joseph Greenberg. Complete Bibliography. Important items for African Linguistics.
- 1.1 Explore some unique sounds in West African languages with special reference to the Niger Delta
- 0.0 Daily News In Somall.BBC.Llink.
- 0.0 Daily News. In Pidgin. BBC.Link.
- Numerals: Formation: Numeral Bases. Link to WALS
- 2.1 Numbers and other quantity words. Discussion of European and Asian counting systems. Use our Website microsites for selected African languages.
- 2.5 Colors. Naming Colors Across Languages. Changes in Perception? External Link.The BBC. March 2019.
- 2.7 Language and Perception. Culture and Environment as Reflected in Vocabulary. External Link. BBC. February, 2019.
SALLT Project Information
Samples
Welcome to the African Language Training. Find out more about this project.
This site represents ongoing work by the ALT Project on the languages of Africa. Explore the interactive map of the languages of Africa.
A click on the purple marker will take you to:
- a microsite containing samples for Language Identification: selected Languages from Nigeria; ongoing work.
- a microsite with selected samples from Kenya
- an interactive map of the languages spoken in Somalia
- a micro-site with the selected languages from Ghana will be available at the end of the month
- Examine the Feature Thesaurus
- A searchable database for language identification features
- LIT --Language Identification Training will be available at the end of the month
- A review course in Somali is available.
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