Other African languages

USEFUL LISTS OF LINKS

• African Studies Centre, University of Oxford
• John Henrik Clarke Africana Library - University of Cornell. A referential site for writing systems
• SOAS University of London
• African Studies Web - from the University of Pennsylvania
• African Studies Links - from the University of Columbia
• Art and Life in Africa - from the University of Iowa

LANGUAGE RESOURCES

• African languages resources on the internet - from the University of Columbia

Dictionaries

• Comparative Bantu Online Dictionary - University of Berkeley-CNRS
• South African languages dictionaries
• Online dictionaries for all languages

Writing

• John Henrik Clarke Africana Library - University of Cornell. A referential site for writing systems

MEDIA

Radio

• Can't find online radio for your language? Try our multilingual page

Cinema

• California Newsreel - an impressive collection of films and documentaries to purchase. A few DVDs from this collection are in the library

AKOOSE

Library shelfmark: BSS (in reference section only)

• Akoose-English dictionary
• Wikipedia page (in French)

CHICHEWA (CHINYANJA OR NYANJA)

Library shelfmark: CHC

• Chichewa phrasebook from wiki travel
• Chichewa links
• Chichewa article in wikipedia
• Chichewa article in omniglot

LINGALA

Library shelfmark: LIN

• Lingala page from omniglot
• online lessons (from the French)

MAKERE (OR MEJE, MANGBETU, OR NEMANGBETU)

Library shelfmark: MAK (in reference only)

• Wikipedia page

MOGHAMO (OR MEGAMAW)

Library shelfmark: MGO (only in reference section)

• French wikipedia page
• English wikipedia page - Moghamo being perhaps considered a dialect of Meta'

NGWO OR (ENGWO)

Library shelfmark: NGN (in reference section only)

• Wikipedia page

AMHARIC

Library shelfmark: AM

• Meskot - an Ethiopian online literary journal
• Amharic page from Omniglot
• Radio from VOA news
• Amharic dictionary
• CyberEthiopia - list of resources and news links
• Spectrum Radio - weekend programmes produced by the Ethiopian Community Centre, UK

HAYA

Library shelfmark: HAY (in reference section only)

• Comparative Bantu Online Dictionary - CNRS-Berkeley, contains a list of Haya vocabulary
• Wikipedia page

KINYARWANDA

Library shelfmark: KI

• Kinyarwanda language article in wikipedia
• Kinyarwanda page in omniglot

LUGANDA (OR GANDA)

Library shelfmark: LUG

• A primer on speaking and writing Luganda
• Online dictionary

SOMALI

Library shelfmark: SM

• Somali page from omniglot
• Somali vocabulary quizzes
• BBC world service in Somali

SWAHILI

Library shelfmark: SWA

• KiSwahili at the University of Kansas - online lessons
• KiSwahili at Stanford University
• Learn to speak Swahili - with audio examples
• Swahili-English dictionary
• Tuki Swahili-English dictionary - from the University of Dar es Salaam
• Swahili language and culture

TAMAZIGHT (BERBER)

Library shelfmark: TMZ

• Centre de Recherche Berbère
• Congré mondial Amazigh - website of the World Amazigh Congress, Tamazgha is a collection of resources on North Africa, the Amazigh (Berber) People, their language and culture
• Dictionary French-Kabyle from Lexilogos

AFRIKAANS

Library shelfmark: AF

• Afrikaans online dictionary
• Die Burger - newspaper

MALAGASY

Library shelfmark: MG

• French Malagasy dictionary
• Encyclopedia of Madagascar

SETSWANA

Library shelfmark: ST

• Setswana language page from wikipedia
• Setswana language page from omniglot
• Setswana info - online course

SHONA

Library shelfmark: SH

• Shona dictionary
• Shona page - from UCLA

SISWATI

Library shelfmark: SI

• Swati language page from wikipedia
• Basic expressions
• Blogspot - basics

SOUTHERN SOTHO

Library shelfmark: SO

• Sotho language page from wikipedia
• Southern Sotho writing page from omniglot

XHOSA

Library shelfmark: XH

• Xhosa page on omniglot
• Xhosa language page on wikipedia
• Wikivoyage Xhosa phrasebook - Some basic beginners’ phrases for travel. No audio.
• Learn 101 – Xhosa - Beginners’ vocabulary and phrases,with audio
• Xhosa Language - Videos focusing on pronunciation

ZULU

Library shelfmark: ZU

• The Zulu nation
• Ethnologue
• Zulu resources
• Zulu podcast

BAMBARA

Library shelfmark: BAM

• Bambara.org - contains a lexicon
• Online course - from the French wikibook

BARIBA (BAATONUM)

Library shelfmark: none (available in one film: AFR V MOR)

• Ethnologue link
• Wikipedia

HAUSA

Library shelfmark: HA

• Hausa phrasebook - from wikitravel
• Hausa popular literature database - from SOAS
• Teach yourself Hausa
• Hausa pages - from the BBC
• Hausa Language and Culture portal

IGBO

Library shelfmark: IGB

• Igbo page - in omniglot
• Igbo language and culture
• Igbo phrasebook - on wikitravel
• Learn Igbo
• About the Igbo language - from the University of Columbia, contains some texts in Igbo with their translation

KRIO

• Sierra Leone proverbs
• Audio documents

MALINKÉ

Library shelfmark: MAL

• Malinké writing page on Omniglot
• Malinké page on wikipedia

MENDE

Library shelfmark: ME

• Mende language page from Omniglot
• Mende language page from wikipedia
• About world languages Mende basics

PULAAR (FULA)

Library shelfmark: PUL

• Ibamba.net - e-course
• Fula language on the internet - from the University of Columbia
• Pulaar page on wikipedia

TAROK

Library shelfmark: TAR (only in reference section)

• OLAC resources about the Tarok language
• Wikipedia page

TWI

Library shelfmark: TW

• Twi Language page from Omniglot alphabet and pronunciation
• Phrase book
• Learn Akan

YORUBA

Library shelfmark: YO

• Spoken Yoruba
• Yoruba - from University College London
• Yoruba - online grammar and pronunciation from the University of Georgia
• Yoruba - vocabulary phrases and flashcards