This innovative handbook takes a fresh look at the currently underestimated linguistic diversity of Africa, the continent with the largest number of languages i

Since the hiring of its first Africanist linguist Carleton Hodge in 1964, Indiana University’s Department of Linguistics has had a strong and continuing prese

This book introduces beginning students and non-specialists to the diversity and richness of African languages. In addition to providing a solid background to t

This advanced historical linguistics course book deals with the historical and comparative study of African languages. The first part functions as an elementary

Most African languages are spoken by communities as one of several languages present on a daily basis. The persistence of multilingualism and the linguistic cre