Africa · African Languages
A home for African languages, one dictionary at a time.
Language Roots Hub brings together searchable, community-built dictionaries for African languages that rarely get this kind of digital home. Each one works in the local language, French, and English, and each is free to use, online or off. How these dictionaries were built →
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Articles on Ewe
Who Are the Ewe People?
Ewe Proverbs and Their Deep Meanings in English
Ewe Proverbs and the Oral Wisdom Tradition of the Volta Basin
Ewe Months of the Year: A Complete Guide to the 13 Lunar Months
Fruits & Food Vocabulary in Ewe (Eʃegbe)
Building a Digital Dictionary for Ewe
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Articles on Twi
Who Are the Akan People?
The Akan Naming System: Why Every Ghanaian Child Has a Day Name
Twi Day Names and Their Cultural Significance
How to Greet in Twi: 20 Essential Greetings with Pronunciation
Common Twi Words and Vocabulary: A Beginner’s Reference Guide
Building a Digital Dictionary for Twi (Akan)
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African Languages — General Reading
Language families, preservation, culture, and learning across Africa
Why African Languages Are Disappearing and What We Can Do About It
African Language Families Explained: Gur and Kwa Languages of West Africa
Language and Identity: Why African Communities Are Reclaiming Their Mother Tongues
Five Practical Tips for Learning a Language With No Textbook
Why So Many African Languages Are Missing From the Internet
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“A great deal of work has already been done by researchers, linguists, and communities across Africa to document and preserve African languages. Language Roots Hub is proud to add its own contribution to that effort, one dictionary at a time.”
Why this exists
Language Roots Hub is an ongoing effort to contribute to the documentation, upliftment, and preservation of African languages, the popular ones and the lesser known. We are not here to claim we are doing what no one else has done. We are simply here to do our part: building free, searchable dictionaries that anyone can use to access their mother tongue.
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