The New Encyclopędia Britannica: L-ZEncyclopędia Britannica, 1992 - 32 pages |
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... Languages . Many attempts to classify the languages of Africa have been inadequate because of the great complex- ity of the languages and because of a confusion between language , race , and economy ; for example , there was once a ...
... Languages . Many attempts to classify the languages of Africa have been inadequate because of the great complex- ity of the languages and because of a confusion between language , race , and economy ; for example , there was once a ...
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... LANGUAGES Evidence of the indigenous written literatures of Africa is in some regions ancient and in others comparatively recent . The earliest written African language known is the now - dead language of Ge'ez , from Ethiopia ( see ...
... LANGUAGES Evidence of the indigenous written literatures of Africa is in some regions ancient and in others comparatively recent . The earliest written African language known is the now - dead language of Ge'ez , from Ethiopia ( see ...
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... languages were spoken in Middle America . Some linguists have grouped them in a number of phyla , or superfamilies ... languages , two extinct ) ; the Serian family ( one surviving language , four extinct ) ; the Coahuiltecan family ...
... languages were spoken in Middle America . Some linguists have grouped them in a number of phyla , or superfamilies ... languages , two extinct ) ; the Serian family ( one surviving language , four extinct ) ; the Coahuiltecan family ...
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