Speaking in unison
Subtitle: the harmonisation and standardisation of Southern African languages
By: edited by Kwesi Kwaa Prah.
Contributors: Prah, K. K.; Centre for Advanced Studies of African Society.
Series: CASAS book series -- no. 22
Publisher: CASAS
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Cape Town
Language: eng
Number of pages: 297
Subjects: African languages -- Standardization -- Congresses.; African languages -- Orthography and spelling -- Congresses.; Africa, Southern -- Languages -- Congresses.
Genres: Congresses.
Notes: Papers presented at a conference held Apr. 26-27, 2001, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-297).
Table of contents: title: Uniting orthographies for southern African languages / Kwesi Kwaa Prah; title: Problems of orthography standardisation in southern African languages: the case of Malawi / Al Mtenje; title: Genetic classification and the harmonisation of the languages of southern Africa / Lazarus Miti; title: The possibility of harmonising Bantu orthograpies / Silvester Ron Simango; title: Intra- and cross-border harmonitaion of Mozambican orthographies : the case of the Tsonga group / Bento Sitoe; title: On language ownership and orthographic reforms in Malawi : the case of Cicewa /  Gregory H. Kamwendo; title: Lusaka Cinyanja and Icibemba : observations on the differences and similarities in some linguistic items / Theresa Chisanga; title: Solutions to four problems of Cinyanja orthography / Armindo Ngunga; title: The state of Bantu languages in Namibia / Jekura Kavari; title: Development and standardisation of Oshiwambo / Petrus Angula Mbenzi; title: The standardisation of Afrikaans / Wannie Carstens; title: (Re-)standardisation, harmonisation and Afrikaans / Cornelia Johl; title: Harmonising African languages for African development : the case of Nguni languages / Mbulelo Jokweni; title: Beyond the 'merger' of Nguni and Sesotho languages / Washington Kwetana; title: The eastern Khoe languages of Botswana : can a union orthography emerge? / Andy Monthusi Chebanne; title: Co-operation for the standardisation and harmonisation of Khoe and San languages in southern Africa / Laurentius S. Davids; title: Harmonisation and standardisation : the Sotho-Tswana language group / Rosalia Nakin; title: The Sotho-Tswana language group and harmonisation / Emma Ntebohiseng Matubatuba; title: A comparative analysis of mutual intelligibility in the spoken and written forms of Sesotho, Setswana, and Silozi : a perspective on the harmonisation and standardisation of languages in the Sotho-Tswana cluster / Peter Wamulungwe Mwikisa.