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African languages

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Key regions for the discipline are eastern and southern Africa, where particularly Namibia and Tanzania have had a long-term relationship with Finland.

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The research focus is on the Bantu languages of eastern and southern Africa, as well as the Berber languages of north-western Africa. The discipline maintains an archive on Swahili language based on language technology.

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Bachelor's Programme in Languages (in Finnish) Master's Programme in Languages (in Finnish) Doctoral School in Humanities and Social Sciences
Updated: 13.4.2018

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