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Clearly the jury is still out on whether Arabic qualifies to be a native African language or not. Our understanding is that it was not born in but imported to Africa and thus does not qualify, but we are open to being convinced otherwise. Until then...
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@ARTZamundu @washi254 @psb_dc @ipfconline1 @VisualCap @sallyeaves @SpirosMargaris @leimer @guzmand @helene_wpli @andi_staub @antgrasso @jblefevre60 @GSchoenberg @TheRudinGroup @charliehalkett @chboursin @LedaGlyptis @KnowAfrika @sannihussein @Bahaushee @LanguagesABC @afrolang @bbcarabicalerts @hausapedia @DailyNewsEgypt @BBCAfrica Does the phrase "native language" relate to geographic origin of a language or not?
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#AfricanLanguagesDay #May25 #AfricanLanguagesMatter https://t.co/XrLCnxFkNw
Q2: What is the dictionary definition of “native language?"
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#AfricanLanguagesDay #May #AfricanLanguagesMatter
Q2: What is the dictionary definition of “native language?"
#StateOfAfricanLanguages #Tweetchat
#AfricanLanguagesDay #May #AfricanLanguagesMatter
Welcome to tonite's #StateOfAfricanLanguages #Tweetchat. We have a rather interesting question tyhat needs to be answered, and that is: Is Arabic a native African language or not?
Tonite's #StateOfAfricanLanguages #Tweetchat is less than 2 hrs away.
QUESTION OF THE WEEK: Is Arabic a native African language
or not?
Who is joining us?
#AfricanLanguagesMatter #TwitterIndexTop10AfricanLanguages #AfricanLanguagesDay #May25
#StateOfAfricanLanguages #Tweetchat | Thur | 9pm EAT | 8pm CAT | 7pm WAT
QUESTION OF THE WEEK: Is Arabic a native African language or not?
#JoinUs
#AfricanLanguagesDay #May25
A3.
Numbers. Numbers. Numbers.
*Hard participating with one eye on #ChampionsLeague, with Africans having a field day in Roma*
#StateOfAfricanLanguages #Tweetchat cc @KnowAfrika @KenyaNotes @theafrikarise @kayceeprag @Damu_yaMashujaa @ange_rwanda @sannihussein @Bahaushee https://t.co/sGXg4il0tL
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Q3. What is the best weapon Africans have that can be used effectively to "force" @Twitter to index their native languages?
Waafrika wanaweza kufanya nini kwa @Twitter kutafsiri lugha zao za asili? #Kiswahili
#AfricanLanguagesDay
#StateOfAfricanLanguages #Tweetchat
Q2. What is the common trend to getting the likes of @Twitter to recognise languages for indexing?
@Damu_yaMashujaa @kayceeprag @ange_rwanda @VincentMaloba @Bahaushee @sannihussein @ZuluNation1973 @_IgboFacts @folukeifejola @EbbaKalondo
A1.
I am born of a Zulu-speaking father with Swati-speaking great grand parents. My mother and her family tree are South Sotho speaking. None of these languages are indexed on Twitter, let alone correctly.
#StateOfAfricanLanguages #Tweetchat https://t.co/WVtReYpjAW
#StateOfAfricanLanguages #Tweetchat
Q1: What is your native African language? Is @Twitter indexing it correctly?
@SemaKiswahili @Swahilihub @ZuluNation1973 @MwalimuRachel @VincentMaloba @MsYonwaba @kenyanpundit @kcinrucs @ezinaulo @InsideOndo @bbcswahili @bbchausa @BBCAfrica
#StateOfAfricanLanguages #Tweetchat
Q1: What is your native African language? Is @Twitter indexing it correctly?
@SemaKiswahili @Swahilihub @ZuluNation1973 @MwalimuRachel @VincentMaloba @MsYonwaba @kenyanpundit @kcinrucs @ezinaulo @InsideOndo @bbcswahili @bbchausa @BBCAfrica
It is 9pm EAT | 8pm CAT | 7pm WAT. That means time for this week's #StateOfAfricanLanguages #Tweetchat
QUESTION of thew week: What should Africans do to "force" Twitter to properly index their most spoken native languages?
#AfricanLanguagesDay #IsAlmostHere cc @ange_rwanda
@KeaNcube @UtopiaShow872 @TransAfrica872 Hello Ms #EnergyGallore. We will be listening to you via livestream all the way from #DaresSalaam, while celebrating a small achievement - getting @Twitter to properly index #Kiswahili #justForControl
Hoping you will join us on #StateOfAfricanLanguages #Tweetchat | 8pm CAT?
Less than 12 hrs to this week's #StateOfAfricanLanguages #Tweetchat
QUESTION OF THE WEEK: What should Africans do to “force” Twitter to properly index their most spoken native languages?
Join us.
#AfricanLanguagesDay #IsAlmostHere cc @KenyaNotes @KnowAfrika @Afrikult
@EllisBht @Twitter We believe ALL the 300 million Africans on social media can do something about our languages being mis-indexed by the likes of @Twitter. We are discussing possible solutions here tomorrow | 9pm EAT | 8pm CAT | 7pm WAT. Will you join us?
#StateOfAfricanLanguages #Tweetchat
#StateOfAfricanLanguages #Tweetchat
Until next week
Mpaka wiki ijayo #Swahili
Har sai mako mai zuwa #Hausa
እስከ ቀጣዩ ሳምንት ድረስ #Amharic
N'izu na-abịa abịa #Igbo
Titi di ọsẹ ti o nbọ #Yoruba
Kuze kube ngesonto elizayo #Zulu
Kuze kube ngeveki ezayo #Xhosa
#StateOfAfricanLanguages #Tweetchat: Amahora amane kuphela asele #Zulu
cc @ZuluNation1973 @ukhozi_fm @KeaNcube @ange_rwanda @Damu_yaMashujaa @kayceeprag @sannihussein @Bahaushee @HabariLeo @KnowAfrika @101Ethiopia @Swahilihub @Collinzzulu @IzindabaNews24 @LearnIsiZulu @KeaNcube
The topic for 25.04.2018: Should foreigners who settle in Africa be compelled to speak local languages?
#StateOfAfricanLanguages #Tweetchat
#AfricanLanguagesDay #IsComingSoon
Urbanisation has lead to African indigenous languages developing colloquially
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Q4. @Damu_yaMashujaa @KenyaNotes @HabariLeo @SemaKiswahili @SwahiliProverbs @SwahiliSanifu @Swahilihub What are the views about Sheng, the slang version of Kiswahili?
#Colloquialisation #StateOfAfricanLanguages #Tweetchat
#AfricanLanguagesDay #IsComingSoon
Q3. Are there benefits of keeping African indigenous languages pure? @KnowAfrika @VincentMaloba @yobamoodua @sannihussein
@kcinrucs @ange_rwanda @kayceeprag @Damu_yaMashujaa
#StateOfAfricanLanguages #Tweetchat #Colloquialisation
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