From liturgy to technology: Modernizing the languages of Africa

Language Problems and Language Planning

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 133-152

  Djité, Paulin G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

African languages; Development; Language policy; Liturgy; Technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 47649126514     PISSN: 02722690     EISSN: 15699889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/lplp.32.1.03dji     Document Type: Article

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