Author: Hounkpati B.C. Capo
ISBN No: 1-919799-36-2
Cost: 102.60
The present monograph shows how Ewe can best be written as a language on its own, yet allow texts written in it to be read and largely understood by speakers of other Gbe communities: this is done through the Gbe Uniform Standard Orthography (GUSO). The Gbe language unit, spoken in Ghana, Togo, Bénin and Nigeria, comprises more than fifty dialects, including such well-known members as Fon, Gen-Mina, Ajá, Gun and Ewe. By promoting this type of orthographic system, CASAS intends to show that there are not as many African languages as some people suggest and that the true development of Africa implies the uncompromising usage of its indigenous languages as media for science and technology.
ISBN No: 1-919799-36-2
Cost: 102.60
The present monograph shows how Ewe can best be written as a language on its own, yet allow texts written in it to be read and largely understood by speakers of other Gbe communities: this is done through the Gbe Uniform Standard Orthography (GUSO). The Gbe language unit, spoken in Ghana, Togo, Bénin and Nigeria, comprises more than fifty dialects, including such well-known members as Fon, Gen-Mina, Ajá, Gun and Ewe. By promoting this type of orthographic system, CASAS intends to show that there are not as many African languages as some people suggest and that the true development of Africa implies the uncompromising usage of its indigenous languages as media for science and technology.
