The Arabic script in Africa : studies in the use of a writing system /

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Imprint:Boston : Brill, 2013.
Description:1 online resource
Language:English
Arabic
Series:Studies in Semitic languages and linguistics ; 71
Studies in Semitic languages and linguistics ; 71.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11219917
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Other authors / contributors:Mumin, Meikal.
Versteegh, Kees, 1961-
ISBN:9789004256804
9004256806
9789004256798
9004256792
Notes:Most of the papers in the present volume are based on presentations at the TASIA (The Arabic Script in Africa-Diffusion, Usage, Diversity and Dynamics of a Writing System) workshop, which took place on April 6-7, 2010, at the University of Cologne, Germany.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
In English; with Arabic texts mostly with English translation.
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Summary:The Arabic script in Africa is a collection of sixteen papers on the past and present use of Arabic script to write African languages other than Arabic, discussing the (ethno- )historical, (socio- )linguistic, and in particular grammatological aspects of such writing traditions.
Other form:Print version: Arabic script in Africa 9789004256798
Standard no.:10.1163/9789004256804.
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