This phylozone covers the Mande grouping (part of the "Congo-Kordofanian", "new Niger-Congo" hypothesis; and part of the "Mande+ Songhai" hypothesis) spoken by communities within or around the Niger Basin of West Africa.
Academic institutions
Mailing lists
Journals
Mandic language resources
General African language resources
ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS
(Languages in brackets are those given specific mention on departmental websites)
AFRICA
Université Cheikh Anta Diop
5005 Dakar-Fann
Sénégal
(languages of Senegal)
Département de Langues et Civilisations
L'Intitut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire
Université Cheikh Anta Diop
206 Campus universitaire
Dakar
Senegal
(languages of Senegal - literacy and language
teaching)
University of Ghana
P. O. Box 25, Legon
Ghana
(Ghanaian Language Studies)
OUTSIDE AFRICA
95440 Bayreuth
Germany
(Bambara)
African Studies Center
270 Bay State Road
Boston University
Boston MA 02215
USA
(Mandinka/ Bambara)
c/o Centre d'Anthropologie Culturelle
Institut de Sociologie
44 Avenue Jeanne
1050 Brussels
Belgium
(Mande languages)
Cornell University
310 Triphammer Road
Ithaca NY 14853
USA
(Mandinka)
Universität Leipzig
Burgstr. 21
D-04109 Leipzig
Germany
Centre Nationale de la Recherche Scientifique
UMR 7594 Campus CNRS
Centre A.-G. Haudricourt
7, rue Guy Môquet
94801 Villejuif Cedex
France
(Kimbundu, Bambara, Mande)
African Studies Center
Michigan State University
100 Center for International Programs
East Lansing,
Michigan
USA
(Mande linguistics, Bambara/Mandingo
(Maninka/Dyula), Kpelle, Mende)
Universitätscampus Altes AKH
Spitalgasse 2-4, Hof 5
A-1090 Wien
Austria
(Bambara)
H-West Africa is dedicated to enhancing research,
service, and teaching in the field on the region of West Africa: its history,
culture, science and development.
To subscribe to H-West Africa:
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COMPARLINGAFRIC
is open to topics where comparative linguistics
in African languages of the Sahel-Sahara zone are the subject of discussion,
such as genetic relationships; the description of changes in the context of
languages of oral tradition; linguistic changes and factors concerning
language transformation. Discussion is in English and French.
Listserver:
For questions, contact:
(Robert Nicolai)
Journal on language and ethnography in Africa.
Published by the Institut für Afrikanische
Sprachwissenschaften, Johann Wolfgang
Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt, Germany.
(See special edition of FAB Frankfurter
Afrikanistische Blaetter on Bisa, a Mande language of Burkina Faso.)
The JOURNAL OF AFRICAN LANGUAGES AND LINGUISTICS
was founded in 1979 and has established itself as an important refereed forum
for publications in African linguistics. Original contributions on all
aspects of African language studies are welcomed, synchronic as well as
diachronic, theoretical as well as data-oriented. Provides an extensive
section with book reviews written by specialists in the field of African
linguistics and also contains a list of recently published books on African
languages and linguistics.
The main aim of the Journal of Language and
Popular Culture in Africa is to document the popular culture expressed in,
and mediated by, popular, vernacular, varieties of African languages.
LINGUISTIQUE AFRICAINE provides a forum for the
presentation and discussion of data-oriented and theoretically-oriented
research in African linguistics. A primary goal of the journal is to
encourage research which will contribute to the resolution of problems in
African linguistics, and enable African languages to play a more important
role in the shaping of contemporary linguistic theory.
The bulletin MANDENKAN was founded in 1981 by
Gerard Dumestre, who is its chief editor. It is produced with the
support of the Institut national des langues et civilisation orientales
(INALCO) and the Centre national des recherches scientifiques (CNRS) in Paris.
It publishes, in French and in English, articles and monographs about
different languages of the Mande family and also includes dictionaries of
Mande languages. The bulletin is sent to the main research centers
dealing with Mande languages free of charge and, starting from #34, is
available on the Mandenkan webpage, where the complete list of contents of all
previous issues can also be found.
The Journal of the Mande Studies Association
welcomes articles on all aspects of the Mande world and the peoples and
cultures who compose it. Submissions will be peer-reviewed before
acceptance. The journal will accept and publish manuscripts in English
or French.
Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African
Studies, University of London, published by Oxford University Press.
Table of contents displayed on webpage.
Journal featuring African langauges and history.
Based at the Institut für Afrikanische Sprachwissenschaften, Johann Wolfgang
Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt, Germany.
(LAST ISSUE 1994)
RESOURCES FOR MANDIC LANGUAGES
(Indiana University Libraries, Bloomington)
This catalog has been compiled to call attention
to Indiana University Libraries' collection of materials in African languages.
Among the largest in the United States, the entire collection is accessible to
the public. While some older African language materials have been
acquired for the collection, the majority of materials are from
post-independence Sub-Saharan African countries. The Indiana University
Libraries have a commitment to building a collection of materials for learning
as many Sub-Saharan African languages as possible, and acquiring texts in
selected languages including Bambara and Kpelle.
Rüdiger Köppe Verlag publications on the Bambara
speaking communities of Mali.
Article in french on Mande linguistics by Maurice
Houis published in 'Notes Africaines' in 1959.
Information on publication in 3 volumes entitled Mande
Languages and Linguistics, edited by Raimund Kastenholz of Mainz
University.
MANSA was organized to increase and encourage
communication between scholars interested in all topics of study involving the
Mande peoples of West Africa, and the neighbors with whom they interact on a
regular basis. This is accomplished through the publication of the MANSA
Newsletter three times a year, the convening of an annual business meeting,
sponsorship of scholarly panels at the annual meeting of the African Studies
Association, and the convening of periodic international conferences on Mande
studies.
This map shows just one of many possible
cartographic depictions and classifications of Mande languages. Part of
the Mande Studies Association website.
Designed by Michigan State University in
consultation with the African Language Teachers Association to provide
information about the resources available for the study of African languages.
Includes basic information on Bandi, Kpelle, Loko and Mende.
Site dedicated to the Mande speaking cultures of
West Africa, featuring Mandekan poetry, French oral history of the
Malian empire, and a transcript of African terms and names. The site is
written in French.
GENERAL AFRICAN LANGUAGE RESOURCES
Classification of African Languages by the School
of Arts and Sciences, University of Pennsylvania.
Part of Columbia University's collection of
African Studies Internet Resources - an on-going compilation of electronic
bibliographic resources and research materials on Africa available online,
created under the purview of the African Studies Department of Columbia
University Libraries. Electronic resources from Africa are organized by
region and country. The scope of the collection is research-oriented,
but it also provides access to other web sites with different or broader
missions. Beginning in early 1999, the site became the
"official" African Studies web site for the World Wide Web Virtual
Library.
The African Studies Association (ASA) was founded
in 1957 as a nonprofit organization open to all individuals and institutions
interested in African affairs. Its mission is to bring together people
with a scholarly and professional interest in Africa.
Extensive resource guide compiled by Dr. Peter
Limb (University of West Alabama). For information on individual african
languages, select section entitled 'Language and languages - Africa' in part
H-M4 = Liby - Mad.
Based at the University of Iowa, the Center for
Electronic Resources in African Studies is a "virtual" space of
scholarly electronic resources in text, multimedia, and interactive format to
support students and faculty at the University of Iowa and scholars nationally
and internationally.
From the publication, Ethnologue: Languages of
the World, 13th ed. (Dallas, Tx.: Summer Institute of Linguistics, 1996),
edited by Barbara F. Grimes. For each African country information on
number of speakers, dialects, linguistic affiliation, etc. is provided.
Lists languages of Africa by region and provides
very basic information on the four traditional main language families of
Africa : Afro-Asiatic, Niger-Congo, Nilo-Saharan, and Khoisan.
Leading African Studies/Cultural Anthropology
publishing house based in Cologne and linked to German and other European
institutes of African Studies with programme concentrating on analyses, study
books and source editions of African languages. The study books comprise
basic courses, exercise books, grammars, and recordings.
Surftipps:
- Reference about Gif and JPEG
- Many
Encyclopedias and Glossaries, covering various subjects in different
languages.
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