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Gikuyu and the Nobel Prize for Literature | ||
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| lichtrausch Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 5961 days ago 525 posts - 1072 votes  Speaks: English*, German, Japanese Studies: Korean, Mandarin | Message 1 of 2 07 October 2010 at 2:16am | IP Logged |
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One of the favourites to win the Nobel Prize for literature this year is Ngugi wa
Thiong'o, who, interesting for us language enthusiasts, writes in a little known language called Gikuyu. Gikuyu is spoken in Kenya by around five million people. It would be nice if he won, if only because it would draw considerable attention to this little known language. More info here in German: http://www.faz.net/s/Rub3D149C57D4194AE3B5E314AA58CAA027/Doc ~E701AA01D9CBE4CEB999341E8017 08230~ATpl~Ecommon~Scontent.html Edited by lichtrausch on 07 October 2010 at 2:22am 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| SallImSayin Diglot Newbie United States Joined 5767 days ago 19 posts - 20 votes Speaks: English*, Esperanto Studies: Swahili, Lingala, Igbo | Message 2 of 2 13 October 2010 at 7:21am | IP Logged |
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My middle name is actually Gikuyu (Kikuyu). I've seen resources on different university sites for this language. I have some literature in the language, though, I haven't had time to study it.
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