African Languages

The languages of Africa are divided into several major language families: Niger–Congo or perhaps Atlantic–Congo languages (Bantu and non-Bantu, the inclusion of Mande and a few other groups is disputed) are spoken in West, Central, Southeast and Southern Africa. Afroasiatic languages are spread throughout Western Asia, North Africa, the Horn of Africa and parts of the Sahel. Indo-European languages are spoken in South Africa and Namibia (Afrikaans, English, German) and are used as lingua francas in the former colonies of Britain and Liberia that was part of American Colonization Society (English), former colonies of France and of Belgium (French), former …

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ETTG: European Think Tank Group · 25 November 2024 English

Engaging with the private sector in discussions on AI in elections will help to ensure the ethical, transparent and responsible development, deployment and use of AI technologies in the electoral …

enhancing Large Language Models to include African languages which helps in making sure that AI applications reduces the elections lack support for local African languages, workload of electoral authorities (Stevenson


American Academy of Arts and Sciences · 13 November 2024 English

The Fall 2024 issue of Dædalus, the journal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, featuring eighteen essays about equity in education.

predominantly Black populations speaking African languages.34 Countries that do not provide access to as many as eight years of instruction in African languages may be needed. English falls short of being


Internet Archive · 30 October 2024 English

Vanishing Culture: A Report on Our Fragile Cultural Record explores the vulnerabilities in preserving our digital and cultural heritage. This comprehensive report, edited by Luca Messarra, Chris Freeland, and Juliya …

elements from Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, and African languages, as well as indigenous Arawak. It is a vital


DIIS: Dansk Institut for Internationale Studier · 29 October 2024 English

How Kurdish smugglers navigate checkpoints

Journal of the International Institute of African Languages and Cultures 80(4): 573–94. Vigh, H. (2009)


OXMS: Oxford Martin School · 18 October 2024

This white paper explores the critical issue of participation and representation of the Global AI Majority—countries outside the Global North—in the development and governance of Artificial Intelligence (AI). The document …

Tsanni, ‘This Company Is Building AI for African Languages’, MIT Technology Review, 17 November 2023 technologyreview.com/2023/11/17/1083637/lelapa-ai-african-languages-vulavula/. 89 Remco Zwetsloot, Roxanne Heston


AU: African Union · 10 October 2024 English

E Gennaro Sangiuliano, Minister of Culture of Italy and our Host; Your Excellencies Ministers of Culture of the G7 Member States; The Representative of the European Union; The Representative of …

in Bamako, Mali is in charge of promoting African Languages and their use in all spheres of society; 3


UNESCO: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation · 5 September 2024 English

African peoples by incorporating the use of African languages (AU, 2006, Art. 4). It is important to note


SWP: Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik · 4 September 2024 English

The significance of the results lies in the larger trend dynamics (regarding the amount of reporting) – not in the accurate classification or analysis of individual articles. [...] As the …

journalists and producers and broadcasting in many African languages. Kenyan newspapers often carry content from


RESEP: Research on Socio-Economic Policy · 21 August 2024 English

to improve the efficacy of assessment in African languages The use of early grade reading benchmarks to improve the efficacy of assessment in African languages Asanda Lobelo University of Cape Town RESEP

to improve the efficacy of assessment in African languages The use of early grade reading benchmarks to improve the efficacy of assessment in African languages Asanda Lobelo University of Cape Town RESEP


UN: The United Nations · 13 August 2024 English

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educational programmes that included Indigenous and African languages and culture. What challenges had the State


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