Manual of Romance Languages in Africa / / ed. by Ursula Reutner.

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• MitwirkendeR: Adjeran, Moufoutaou,; Alexandre, Nélia,; Bazenga, Aline,; Benzakour, Fouzia,; Berg, Margot van den,; Boutin, Akissi Béatrice,; Chalier, Marc,; Corbella, Dolores,; Dahmane, Karima Ait,; Diao-Klaeger, Sabine,; Djta, Issa Djarangar,; Doualeh, Samatar Abdallah,; Edzard, Lutz,; Essizewa, Komlan,; Farenkia, Bernard Mulo,; Firmino, Gregório Domingos,; Floquet, Oreste,; Florigny, Guilhem,; Frey, Claude,; Gerards, David Paul,; Hagemeijer, Tjerk,; Heidepeter, Philipp,; Holtus, Günter,; Jansen, Silke,; Kpoglu, Promise Dodzi,; Ledegen, Gudrun,; Lipski, John M.,; Maurer, Bruno,; Meisnitzer, Benjamin,; Mfoutou, Jean-Alexis,; Morera, Luis Escoriza,; Musinde, Julien Kilanga,; Nimbona, Gélase,; Perreau, Joëlle,; Pustka, Elissa,; Quint, Nicolas,; Reutner, Ursula,; Sayahi, Lotfi,; Simon, Anne Catherine,; Skattum, Ingse,; Smith, Gérard Fernández,; Steien, Guri Bordal,; Swolkien, Dominika,; Sánchez-Miret, Fernando,; Taine-Cheikh, Catherine,; Tosco, Mauro,
• HerausgeberIn: Reutner, Ursula,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2023]; ©2024
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Series: Manuals of Romance Linguistics ; 32
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (X, 870 p.)

With more than two thousand languages spread over its territory, multilingualism is a common reality in Africa. The main official languages of most African countries are Indo-European, in many instances Romance. As they were primarily brought to Africa in the era of colonization, the areas discussed...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Manuals of Romance Linguistics
• Table of Contents
• 1 Introduction
• Northern Africa
• French
• 2 Algeria
• 3 Morocco
• 4 Tunisia
• Italian
• 5 Libya
• Portuguese
• 6 Portugal: Madeira
• Spanish
• 7 Spain: Canary Islands
• 8 Spain: Ceuta and Melilla
• Western Africa
• French
• 9 Benin
• 10 Burkina Faso
• 11 Côte d’Ivoire
• 12 Guinea
• 13 Mali
• 14 Mauritania
• 15 Niger
• 16 Senegal
• 17 Togo
• Portuguese
• 18 Cabo Verde
• 19 Guinea-Bissau
• Middle Africa
• French
• 20 Cameroon
• 21 Central African Republic
• 22 Chad
• 23 Congo-Brazzaville
• 24 Congo-Kinshasa
• 25 Gabon
• Portuguese
• 26 Angola
• 27 São Tomé and Príncipe
• Spanish
• 28 Equatorial Guinea
• Eastern Africa
• French
• 29 Burundi and Rwanda
• 30 Djibouti
• 31 France: Réunion and Mayotte
• 32 Madagascar and Comoros
• 33 Mauritius and Seychelles
• Italian
• 34 Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Somalia
• Portuguese
• 35 Mozambique
• Overview
• Country Key Facts
• 36 Country Key Facts
• Language Index
• Linguistic Subject Index
• General Subject Index
• Person Index