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African English Language in the Gold Coast Common Wealth Games

While English is what the Common Wealth countries have in common, there are lots of the African English Language varieties spoken by the African countries taking part in this year's Gold Coast Common Wealth games! [caption id="attachment_1241" align="alignnone" width="275"] Caster Semenya at the 2018 Common Wealth Games at the Gold…

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Why the fuss about African Language Translation?

So, it is in 1837 that the first African Language Translation took place and it was parts of Genesis and Psalms from the good old book; The Bible from the English language to the Zulu language. Zulu is a language from the Southern parts of the African continent spoken and…

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Is African Languages Blogging Even Possible?

African Languages Blogging is so rare and therefore sites like Jamii Forum, a Tanzanian based site that engages with its visitors in the Swahili language has become popular because it is not an everyday thing. (more…)

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Why African Countries Undergo Name changes

So on Wednesday last week the last absolute monarch of Africa; king Mswati of Swaziland stated during a gathering in a stadium marking the nation’s 50th year of independence that he had changed the name of the country from Swaziland to eSwati meaning the land of the Swazis when translated…

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Why Professional Translations are vital for African Indigenous Languages

Being a linguist is an advantage in Africa as it makes life easier for one as they get to interact more efficiently with less limits unlike for those who only speak one or two African indigenous languages. This is because Africa alone is estimated to have between 1500 to 2000…

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Is Arabic Africa’s most widely spoken Language?

Although Arabic as a language has over 250 million speakers worldwide with 100 million of these found on the second most populated continent; Africa. Arabic is also the most widespread official language of many African countries with the biggest number of Egypt having the biggest number of about 54 million…