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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 73-87 |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| Journal | Writing Systems Research |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Apr 2013 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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Community-based orthography development in four Western Zambian languages. / Bow, Catherine.
In: Writing Systems Research, Vol. 5, No. 1, 01.04.2013, p. 73-87.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Community-based orthography development in four Western Zambian languages
AU - Bow, Catherine
PY - 2013/4/1
Y1 - 2013/4/1
N2 - Community-based orthography development engages the native speakers as custodians of the language in decisions about how it should be written. While there are various guidelines on how to go about such an activity, examples of the implementation and resulting challenges are underrepresented in the literature. This paper describes a workshop which brought together native speakers from four Bantu languages of Western Zambia to establish writing systems for their languages (Fwe, Mashi, Makoma and Kwangwa) and considers some of the linguistic and non-linguistic issues involved in initial development of writing systems.
AB - Community-based orthography development engages the native speakers as custodians of the language in decisions about how it should be written. While there are various guidelines on how to go about such an activity, examples of the implementation and resulting challenges are underrepresented in the literature. This paper describes a workshop which brought together native speakers from four Bantu languages of Western Zambia to establish writing systems for their languages (Fwe, Mashi, Makoma and Kwangwa) and considers some of the linguistic and non-linguistic issues involved in initial development of writing systems.
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U2 - 10.1080/17586801.2012.747427
DO - 10.1080/17586801.2012.747427
M3 - Article
VL - 5
SP - 73
EP - 87
JO - Writing Systems Research
JF - Writing Systems Research
SN - 1758-681X
IS - 1
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