African languages

Topic sh85001729 · PL8000-PL8844 · id.loc.gov

Scope Notes

Here are entered works on the indigenous languages of Africa. General works on the languages used in Africa, including languages originating in Europe or other places outside Africa, are entered under [Africa--Languages.]

Examples

Note under [Africa--Languages]

Editorial Notes

individual languages and groups of languages, e.g. [Temne language; Bantu languages;] and subdivision [Languages] under names of African countries, regions, etc.

Broader groupings:

Narrower Terms (23)

Bangime language
Black people--Languages
Celtic languages--Foreign elements--African
Classification--Books--African languages
Creole dialects, English--Foreign elements--African
Creole dialects, English--Foreign words and phrases--African
Creole dialects, French--Foreign elements--African
Creole dialects, Portuguese--Foreign elements--African
Egyptian language--Foreign elements--African
English language--Foreign elements--African
French language--Foreign elements--African
Khoisan languages
Laal language
Libraries--Special collections--African languages
Malagasy language--Foreign elements--African
Meroitic language
Niger-Congo languages
Nilo-Saharan languages
Papiamentu language--Foreign elements--African
Portuguese language--Foreign elements--African
Portuguese language--Foreign words and phrases--African
Spanish language--Foreign elements--African
Spanish language--Foreign words and phrases--African