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