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African Language Resource Handbook: A Resource Handbook of the Eighty-two Highest Priority African Languages. Prepublication Edition.

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Dwyer, David J.; Yankee, Everyl – 1985

A directory of the 82 African languages given high priority for instruction in the United States contains a profile for each language that includes its classification and where it is spoken, the number of speakers, dialect situation, usage, orthography status, and listings of related human and institutional resources for the purpose of…

Descriptors: African Languages, Afro Asiatic Languages, Dialects, Educational Policy

Understanding the Role of Language in Bilingual Education.

Briggs, Lucy T. – 1982

Bilingual education teachers need a clear understanding of the nature of language and language variation, and of how language relates to culture in order to be effective. With the needs of these teachers in mind, and drawing from anthropological linguistics and sociolinguistics, this chapter clarifies concepts of language and culture that have…

Descriptors: Anthropological Linguistics, Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Creoles