Research Guides: List of Grammars (Non-Indo-European): Africa

Languages of Africa

Acooli
Uganda (Nilo-Saharan)
Approved for LING 115
- Contrastive Tone
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Akan
Ghana (Niger-Congo)
- Title:The Akan (Twi-Fante) language: its sound systems and tonal structure
Amharic
Djibouti, Eritrea and Ethiopia (Afro-Asiatic)
Approved for LING 115
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Arabic
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Egypt, Yemen (Afro-Asiatic)
Approved for LING 115
- Title: The Phonology and Morphology of Arabic
Bafaw
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Cameroon (Niger-Congo)
Bari
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Sudan (Nilo-Saharan)
Not approved for LING 115
Chichewa (Nyanja)
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Malawi (Niger-Congo)
Not approved for LING 115
Coptic, Sahidic (2011)
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Egypt (Afro-Asiatic)
Not approved for LING 115
Coptic, Sahidic (1927)
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Egypt (Afro-Asiatic)
Dogon, Jamsay
Mali (Niger-Congo)
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Eton
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Cameroon (Niger-Congo)
Etsako
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Nigeria (Niger-Congo)
- Title: A Tonal Grammar of Etsako
- Tone Language
- Alternate Names: Yekhee, Afenmai, Etsakor, Iyekhee
Fanti
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Ghana (Niger-Congo)
Not approved for LING 115
Fulfulde, Adamawa
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Cameroon and Other West/Central African Countries (Niger-Congo)
Not approved for LING 115
Gbeya
Central African Republic (Niger-Congo)
Approved for LING 115
- Tone Language: discussion pp. 34, 36
Goemai
Nigeria (Afro-Asiatic)
Approved for LING 115
- Tone Language: discussion pp. 42–51
Hausa
Nigeria (Afro-Asiatic)
Approved for LING 115
- Simple Tone
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Kaonde
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Zambia, Democratic Republic of Congo (Niger-Congo)
- Alternate Names: Kikaonde, Chikahonde, Chikaonde, Kawonde, Luba Kaonde
Kikongo
Democratic Republic of the Congo (Niger-Congo)
Approved for LING 115
Kinyarwanda
Rwanda (Niger-Congo)
Approved for LING 115
- Simple Tone
Lango
Uganda (Nilo-Saharan)
Approved for LING 115
- Complex Tone: discussion pp. 44–65; Simple Stress: discussion pp. 42–43
Mende
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Sierra Leone (Niger-Congo)
Not approved for LING 115
Mpongwe
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Gabon (Niger-Congo)
Not approved for LING 115
Nigerian Pidgin
Nigeria (Pidgin)
Approved for LING 115
- Simple Tone and Stress
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Sango
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Central African Republic (Creole)
- In French
Swahili (1981)
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Tanzania (Niger-Congo)
Not approved for LING 115
Swahili (1965)
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Tanzania (Niger-Congo)
Not approved for LING 115
Tera
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Nigeria (Afro-Asiatic)
Not approved for LING 115
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Vai (1976)
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Liberia (Niger-Congo)
Zulu
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South Africa, Lesotho, and Swaziland (Niger-Congo)
Approved for LING 115
- Contrastive Tone
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- Alternate Names: Isizulu, Zunda