Official NUC CCMAS syllabus

IBI 309 — Introduction to African Linguistics

IBI department course · Nigerian universities

What you'll be able to do (official learning outcomes)

• examine African language phyla and major language families
• identify structural characteristics of African languages
• discuss African lingua franca – English, Pidgin, Creoles and others
• analyse colonial influence on African languages
• analyse suprasegmental features in African languages, and

Course contents

Classification of African languages – Niger Congo, Nilo Saharan, Afroasiatic, Khoisan. African phyla and major languages. Structural characteristics (phonological, morphological, and grammatical) of selected African language(s) (e.g. tone and Bantu-type noun classification, click sounds, ideophones, serial verb constructions).

Source: the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) Core Curriculum and Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS). StudyOps loads this syllabus automatically when you study IBI 309.

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