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The linguistic dimensions of Gukurahundi in Zimbabwe
In: Memory and erasure: Gukurahundi and the culture of violence in Zimbabwe
Mandlenkosi Mpofu; Percy F. Makombe (eds.)
Harare:
Weaver Press
(2022), pp. 81-95
"This chapter explored the linguistic dimensions of Gukurahundi to show the centrality of language before, during and after the genocide. We drew on online testimonies from survivors and statements from government officials as well as visible language planning and language practices in the post-Guku...
Indigenous language for development communication in the Global South
Lexington Books
(2022), 310 pp.
ISBN 978-1-666912029
"This edited collection brings together voices from the margins in underrepresented regions of the Global South, within the context of scholarship focusing on indigenous languages and development communication. Contributors bring together research from often-overlooked parts of the world to engage i...
Language & coloniality: non-dominant languages in the digital landscape
Kampala:
Pollicy; Internet Society Foundation
(2022), 33 pp., bibliogr. p.26-33
"This white paper seeks to unpack the use of Indigenous or non-majority language in the existing digital landscape. This ties into ideas about digital colonialism (Kwett, 2022), wherein hegemonic, or dominant, languages are threatening and jeopardising the ability for local language speakers to expr...
A rights-based framework for minority and indigenous languages in Africa: from endangerment to revitalization
Minority Rights Group International
(2019), 23 pp.
ISBN 978-1-912938-21-6
CC BY-NC-ND
"It is estimated that between 6,000 and 7,000 languages are currently spoken worldwide, of which approximately half, if not more, will disappear by the end of this century ... Language plays a central role not only for the preservation of identity and culture, but also in matters of non-discriminati...
Langues et médias en Afrique noire francophone: analyse (socio) linguistique et didactique
Paris:
Connaissances et savoirs
(2017), 347 pp., bibliogr. p.319-345
ISBN 978-2-7539-0434-7
Apropiarse de las redes para fortalecer la palabra: una introducción al activismo digital de lenguas indígenas en América Latina
Leiden:
Global Voices
(2016), 35 pp.
"Del análisis de los quince estudios de caso se desprende un complejo retrato del trabajo que encabezan actores indígenas y no indígenas para que los idiomas nativos del continente ganen espacios y se visibilicen en la esfera digital. El estudio muestra que las formas de hacer activismo digital d...
African languages in a digital age: challenges and opportunities for indigenous language computing
Cape Town; Ottawa:
HSRC Press; International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
(2010), xvi, 150 pp., abbrev. p.xv-xvi, bibliogr. p.135-145, index
ISBN 978-1-55250-473-4 (IDRC); 978-0-7969-2249-6 (pbk); 978-0-7969-2300-4 (pdf)
"This book is the result of several years of observation, analysis, consultation and synthesis of the adaptation of ict s to local languages in Africa. The goal of the Pan Africa Localization project led by Don Osborn was to closely track the progress of ict s in African languages and clearly identi...
Twelve years of measuring linguistic diversity in the internet: balance and perspectives
Paris:
UNESCO
(2009), v, 56 pp.
Other Editions: also published in French
"FUNREDES and Union Latine have designed an original research method to measure linguistic diversity in cyberspace. The aim was to use search engines and a sample of word-concepts to measure the proportionate presence of these concepts in their various linguistic equivalences (in Latin languages, En...
Language in South Asia
Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press
(2008), xxiv, 608p., many tables, figures, maps, bibliogr. p.534-587, index
ISBN 978-0-511-61906-9 (ebook); 978-0-521-78141-1 (print); 978-0-521-78653-9 (online)
"Topics covered include the ongoing linguistic processes, controversies, and implications of language modernization; the functions of South Asian languages within the legal system, media, cinema, and religion; language conflicts and politics, and Sanskrit and its long traditions of study and teachin...
