21.1402, Confs: Writing Systems/Germany

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Subject: 21.1402, Confs: Writing Systems/Germany

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Date: 23-Mar-2010
From: Meikal Mumin < meikal.mumin at uni-koeln.de >
Subject: Arabic Script in Africa
 

	
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Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2010 10:25:33
From: Meikal Mumin [meikal.mumin at uni-koeln.de]
Subject: Arabic Script in Africa

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Arabic Script in Africa 
Short Title: TASIA 

Date: 06-Apr-2010 - 07-Apr-2010 
Location: Cologne, Germany 
Contact: Meikal Mumin 
Contact Email: meikal.mumin at uni-koeln.de 
Meeting URL: http://www.uni-koeln.de/phil-fak/afrikanistik/tasia/ 

Linguistic Field(s): Writing Systems 

Meeting Description: 

The Institute for African Studies (Institut für Afrikanistik) of the University
of Cologne (Universität zu Köln), Germany, is proud to host the international
workshop:

The Arabic Script in Africa
Diffusion, Usage, Diversity and Dynamics of a Writing System

The workshop is generously funded by the Fritz Thyssen Stiftung. 

The workshop will take place on April 06-07, 2010.

This workshop will be the first of its kind and deal with linguistic aspects of
the usage and diffusion of the Arabic script in Africa for the writing of
African languages, a phenomenon also known as Ajami. 16 papers by international
experts from three continents will be dealing with linguistic, sociolinguistic,
and historical processes as well as applied language policy for a number of
African languages, such as Afrikaans, Fulfulde, Tuareg, Chimiini, or Swahili.
The workshop is open to the public on registration with the organizers by email.
For a preliminary schedule, further information, and contact kindly consult the
website online at:

http://www.uni-koeln.de/phil-fak/afrikanistik/tasia/





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