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The Afrikaans of the Cape Muslims from 1815 to 1915
- Title
- The Afrikaans of the Cape Muslims from 1815 to 1915 / Achmat Davids ; edited by Hein Willemse and Suleman E. Dangor.
- Author
- Davids, Achmat.
- Publication
- [Pretoria] : Protea Book House, 2011.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | PF881 .D38 2011 | Off-site |
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- Description
- 318 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm.
- Summary
- This book examines the Arabic-Afrikaans literary tradition of the Cape Muslim community, tracing the historical and linguistic development of Afrikaans as it is spoken in this community and the development of Arabic-Afrikaans as a written script with a distinctive alphabet.
- Series Statement
- Talatala series ; 3
- Uniform Title
- Talatala-reeks ; 3.
- Subject
- Muslims > South Africa > Cape of Good Hope > Social life and customs
- Muslims > South Africa > Cape of Good Hope > Languages
- Muslims > South Africa > Cape of Good Hope > History
- Afrikaans language > History
- Afrikaans language > Social aspects
- Afrikaans language > Dialects
- Arabic-Afrikaans dialect > History
- Arabic-Afrikaans dialect
- Afrikaans language
- Afrikaans language > Dialects
- Afrikaans language > Social aspects
- Arabic-Afrikaans dialect
- Muslims
- Muslims > Social life and customs
- Muslim
- Kultur
- Literatur
- Afrikaans
- Afrikaans language > History
- South Africa > Cape of Good Hope
- Kap der Guten Hoffnung (Region)
- Genre/Form
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 304-311) and index.
- Language (note)
- English with Arabic facsimiles.
- Contents
- Setting the scene and defining the concepts -- The world the Cape slaves made : the emergence of the culture and literary traditions of the Cape Muslim community -- The Afrikaans literature of the Cape Muslims : 1845 to 1915 -- Afrikaans writing and spelling in Arabic script -- Writing Arabic and Arabic-Afrikaans in Roman script : systems of transliteration, annotated transcriptions and some phonetic, syntactical and lexical aspects of Cape Muslim Afrikaans.
- ISBN
- 9781869192365
- 1869192362
- LCCN
- 2011448015
- OCLC
- ocn727645267
- 727645267
- SCSB-1608018
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library