Langi (language)
Langi or Rangi is a language spoken in the east of Tanzania. The speaker group consists of around 350,000 speakers. The language belongs to the group of Bantu languages . The people who speak this language call themselves Rangi.
In Tanzania, Swahili is the language of communication; there are also a number of tribal languages. Langi was a non-written language until 2006. It was not until the linguist couple Dorothea and Oliver Stegner designed a system of symbols for Langi. The language can now also be taught in class. This is especially important for the 150,000 or so people who do not speak Swahili. The couple, who had been sent to Tanzania by the Summer Institute of Linguistics and its sister organization Wycliffe International , also translated some psalms and Bible texts into Langi.
In the meantime, locals have taken over the language project.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tomas Gärtner: "Jona, Markus and Psalms in Rangi - Dresdner gave a script to the African language", In: "Der Sonntag", No. 20 of May 20, 2007, p. 7