Introduction / Gerrit J. Dimmendaal, Rainer Vossen Central Sudanic / Pascal Boyeldieu Language endangerment, documentation, and revitalization / James Essegbey Bom-Kim / G. Tucker Childs Saharan / Norbert Cyffer Kwa / Mary Esther Kropp Dakubu Nilo-Saharan and its limits / Gerrit J. Dimmendaal Linguistic isolates / Gerrit J. Dimmendaal Baale / Gerrit J. Dimmendaal Sandawe / Helen Eaton Cognition and language / Axel Fleisch Bende / Yuko Abe Wandala / Zygmunt Frajzyngier Narratives / Wilhelm J. G. Möhlig Ethio-Semitic / Victor Porkhomovsky Reflections on the history of African language classification / Ludwig Gerhardt Kumam / Osamu Hieda Khoisan / Henry Honken X'egwi / Henry Honken Language birth : youth/town language / Ellen Hurst Chadic / Bernard Caron Sidaama / Kazuhiro Kawachi Phonology and phonetics / Michael J. Kenstowicz South Cushitic / Roland Kießling Ideophones / Christa Kilian-Hatz Adamawa / Ulrich Kleinewillinghöfer Waja / Ulrich Kleinewillinghöfer Omotic / Bernhard Köhler Berber / Maarten Kossmann Proverbs / Sebastian K. Bemile Dialectology and language geography / Mena B. Lafkioui Niger-Congo, with a special focus on Benue-Congo / Jeff Good Language and ethnobotany / Karsten Legère African languages in information and communication technology / Kristin Vold Lexander Central Cushitic / Zelealem Leyew Kolisi / Zelealem Leyew Atlantic / Friederike Lüpke Gur / Gudrun Miehe Iraqw / Maarten Mous Mixed languages : the case of Ma'á/Mbugu / Maarten Mous Sign languages / Victoria Nyst Poetry / Clarissa Vierke Tone / David Odden Ubangi / Helma Pasch Zande / Helma Pasch Colour term systems : genetic vs areal distribution in Sub-Saharan Africa / Doris L. Payne Experiencer constructions / Ulrike Zoch Biali / Coffi Sambiéni Kordofanian / Nicolas Quint Mande / Henning Schreiber Language and education / Ingse Skattum Pidgin and Creole language / Gabriele Sommer Pragmatics and communication / Thomas Bearth East Cushitic / Mauro Tosco North Cushitic / Martine Vanhove Dan / Valentin Vydrin Syntax / Jochen Zeller Arabic in Africa / Jonathan Owens Morphology / Klaus Beyer Cara / Rainer Vossen African language types / Rainer Vossen Afro-Asiatic overview / Victor Porkhomovsky Egyptian / Balázs J. Irsay-Nagy Eastern Sudanic / Gerrit J. Dimmendaal, Angelika Jakobi Yukuben / Rose-Juliet Anyanwu Zenaga / Catherine Taine-Cheikh Songhay languages / Lameen Souag Distinctive languages / Patricia Friedrich Conversation analysis / Maren Rüsch Bantu and Bantoid / Lutz Marten Indigenous African scripts / Andrij Rovenchak, Solomija Buk Language policy and politics / Kembo Sure Language contact / Klaus Beyer African languages in the Diaspora / Andrea Hollington Orthography standardization / Elke Karan, David Roberts Words, things, and meaning : linguistics as a tool for historical reconstruction / David L. Schoenbrun Language and archaeology / Koen Bostoen | 
