Mutual comprehension

Thanks Larry, for pointing out:

An unsung but fascinating project aimed at promoting African integration is being pursued at the Center for the Advanced Study of African Society in Cape Town. The idea is to develop orthographies for African languages which haven’t been formally annotated with agreed styles, spellings and rules; but Professor Kwesi Prah is also trying to standardise - establish one version of a language which will work for all dialects and versions rather than seeing a proliferation of different orthographies for languages which are mutually intelligible. The idea is to help challenge the tendency seen all over the continent towards balkanisation of Africa’s peoples along ethnic lines - check out his latest update on PeaceAfrica.

Read the full post here.

December 26, 2003 | Filed Under Uncategorized

 

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