| Body | From https://qz.com/1002582/wed-have-a-better-chance-of-preserving-africas-dying-languages-if-we-learned-their-history/
We’d have a better chance of preserving Africa’s dying languages if we learned their history
June 13, 2017
by Abdi Latif Dahir
Across the world, African languages are slowly taking the center stage and are being recognized for their importance. For instance, you can now learn Zulu on an app, read a growing list of articles in African languages on Wikipedia, and receive thousands of dollars in awards for your fictional Swahili piece or poem. And many universities from Ethiopia to South Africa are making African languages like Afan Oromo and isiXhosa a compulsory subject.
But Africa still has some of the world’s highest concentration of at-risk languages. And that can be reversed by first understanding and studying the past history, present evolution, and future use of these languages.
Read the full article at https://qz.com/1002582/wed-have-a-better-chance-of-preserving-africas-dying-languages-if-we-learned-their-history/
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