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Preferred term

afhAfrihili  

Type

  • Language

Definition

  • Afrihili (Ni Afrihili Oluga the Afrihili language) is a constructed language designed in 1970 by Ghanaian historian K. A. Kumi Attobrah (Kumi Atɔbra) to be used as a lingua franca in all of Africa. The name of the language is a combination of Africa and Swahili. The author, a native of Akrokerri (Akrokɛri) in Ghana, originally conceived of the idea in 1967 while on a sea voyage from Dover to Calais. His intention was that "it would promote unity and understanding among the different peoples of the continent, reduce costs in printing due to translations and promote trade". It is meant to be easy for Africans to learn.

ISO 639-2 Bibliographical code

  • afh

ISO 639-2 Terminological code

  • afh

ISO 639-3 code

  • afh

Notation

  • afh

In other languages

  • Afrihili

    French

  • afrihili
  • Afrihili

    German

  • afrihili

    Italian

  • afrihili

    Portuguese

  • afrihili

    Spanish

URI

http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/afh

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