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West African Research Association Newsletter

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

Spring 2008

Subjects

Language obsolescence -- West Africa, Atlantic languages, Languages in contact -- West Africa, Endangered languages

Abstract

This article presents an overview of the less widely spoken languages of the Atlantic Group (Niger-Congo), as representing the most seriously threatened language group in West Africa. Study of this group indicates that language endangerment is real and widespread. The basis for this claim comes from the literature on these languages, from personal research on the Atlantic languages dating back to 1984, and from recent and ongoing fieldwork on several highly endangered languages of Sierra Leone and Guinea.

Description

Originally appeared in the Newsletter of the West African Research Association, Spring 2008, published by the West African Research Association.

Persistent Identifier

https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/27671

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