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	Jeanne Daigle BellaOnline's African Culture Editor

A Primer on Speaking and Writing Luganda [offsite link]
A quick introduction to the Luganda language spoken in Uganda.

Dogon Language Resources [offsite link]
Dogon is a group of languages in the Niger-Congo language family spoken in Mali and Burkina Faso.

Fon is Fun...Really! [offsite link]
Benin, West Africa. Learn to speak Fon, stories from my Peace Corps diary, pictures, Benin related books, music, links, recipes, Q&A, discussions and more.

Hausa Online Grammar [offsite link]
This online grammar provides basic information about the structure of the Hausa language explained in a relatively non-technical way.

Kiswahili Language
Swahili is spoken in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Malawi, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia. It is the 9th most common mother tongue in the world.

Maa (Maasai) Dictionary [offsite link]
A very good English to Maa dictionary.

South African Languages - isiXhosa [offsite link]
IsiXhosa is also known as Xhosa. This site has a pronunciation guide and some general words and phrases.

Teso Words
Teso words I learned while in Kenya.

UCLA Language Materials Xhosa Language Profile [offsite link]
Nguni language and part of the Bantu language family, spoken in Southeastern South Africa.

Wolof Online [offsite link]
A internet course on the Wolof language spoken in Gambia, Mauritania, and Senegal. There are audo samples of Wolof you can listen to.

Zulu Language
The language spoken by the Zulu tribe of South Africa is also known as isiZulu.

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