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Article Dans Une Revue Afrikanistik Online Année : 2010

Ajami in West Africa

Lameen Souag

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This article examines the practice of adapting the Arabic script to write non-Arabic languages in West Africa, a form of literacy known as Ajami which remains widespread despite little or no government support. Among the methods found to be used to transcribe non-Arabic sounds, the "ajami diacritic" of Senegal and Guinea is of particular interest, appearing unmotivated from a narrowly linguistic perspective but readily explicable as a rational adaptation to the parallel educational system in which Ajami is typically learned.

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Linguistique
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halshs-01376253 , version 1 (04-10-2016)

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Lameen Souag. Ajami in West Africa. Afrikanistik Online, 2010, 2010, pp.urn:nbn:de:0009-10-29579. ⟨halshs-01376253⟩
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