Dictionary of the Hausa Language (Paperback)

Charles Henry Robinson

ISBN 10: 1108016723 / ISBN 13: 9781108016728

Edité par Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2010

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Paperback. Hausa is an African language originating in Niger and northern Nigeria and spoken widely in West and Central Africa as a lingua franca. Charles Henry Robinson (18611925) was the first student of the short-lived Hausa Association, formed in 1891 to promote the study of the Hausa Language and people. The Association sponsored Robinson to stay in northern Nigeria from 1894 to 1895 to gain more experience in the language. On his return Robinson published an anthology of Hausa texts in 1896 and a Hausa grammar in 1897 as well as this two-volume dictionary in 1899. His efforts contributed greatly to Western knowledge of the language despite criticisms of his relatively short experience of Hausa-speaking communities. Volume 1 is a HausaEnglish dictionary. The version reissued here is the 1925 fourth edition, for which the HausaEnglish dictionary was re-written and expanded. The first English dictionary of Hausa, the lingua franca of West and Central Africa, was originally published in 1899, and this expanded fourth edition dates from 1925. The work of Charles Henry Robinson (18611925) contributed greatly to Western knowledge of the language. Volume 1 contains a HausaEnglish dictionary. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Dictionary of the Hausa Language (Paperback)
• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
• Date de parution: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1108016723
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781108016728
• Reliure: Paperback
• État de l'article: new

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The first English dictionary of Hausa words, originally published in 1899, contributed greatly to Western knowledge of this African language.