Eine neue Schrift für die Wolof-Sprache

Ich möchte mich zuerst bei allen bedanken, die Interesse an Schriften in Afrika entwickelt haben. Aufrichtiger Dank richtet sich daher an Helma Pasch und Anja Kootz für ihre bemerkenswerten Bemühungen. Vielen Dank auch an alle, die zur Verwirklichung der Tagung „5000 Jahre Schrift in Afrika“ beigetragen haben. Insofern geht ein besonderer Dank an die Fritz-Thyssen-Stiftung, den Förderer der Tagung.

Comment to the book review by Amani Lusekelo / Kommentar zur Rezension von Amani Lusekelo / Commentaire à l récension d'Amani Lusekelo 2009

Mpendwa Amani, Nashukuru sana kwa maoni yako juu ya kitabu changu. Nakubaliana sana na wewe juu ya dhamira ya ubepari ndani ya muktadha wa mashindano ya urembo. Lakini sikutafiti mashindano yanayotokea bara -- utafiti huo ni wa Sabrina Billings (sitaki kuonekana kama nilifanya utafiti huo - nimesoma tasnifu yake ambayo ni nzuri sana). Billings amechapisha utafiti wake hivi karibuni katika Language in Society (2009).

The sociolinguistic situation of ǂHoan, a moribund 'Khoisan' language of Botswana

In 2010, we conducted a sociolinguistic survey on the moribund 'Khoisan' language ǂHoan (Ju-ǂHoan), spoken in Botswana at the fringe of the Kalahari Desert. The survey aimed at investigating language use, degrees of multilingualism and language attitude among the ǂHoan speakers. Data collection was done on the basis of a questionnaire. We found that the positive language attitude of individuals towards ǂHoan often conflicts with the community's attitude towards this language, resulting in a split of actual language use between the family and more formal situations. All ǂHoan speakers are at least bilingual speaking the local lingua franca Kgalagadi (Bantu) besides ǂHoan. Most of them are in fact even trilingual, speaking Gǀui (Khoe-Kwadi) in addition to ǂHoan and Kgalagadi. Most of our results stand in line with an earlier sociolinguistic survey on ǂHoan by Batibo (2005a) which was carried out in 2003. In comparing Batibo's results to ours, changes in the sociolinguistic situation of ǂHoan as well as differences between the different villages will be pointed out.