I have neglected to post about a big controversy in Nigeria about a decision to remove currency denominations in Hausa written in Ajami (Arabic script). Instead, new Naira notes will have the amounts in Hausa written in Boko (Latin script), as well as Yoruba and Igbo.
There are at least two broad issues from what I understand: 1) The portrayal of the Hausa Ajami denominations as "foreign." That argument ignores the fact that people were writing Hausa in the Arabic alphabet long before European colonization. There is a *lot* written about this Naira topic. One point of view is articulated here http://arewanci.blogspot.com/ . 2) The addition of Yoruba and Igbo denominations to the currency notes, which is positive. In fact a lot of countries have inscriptions on their currency notes in multiple languages and scripts. Sometimes prominently, or sometimes along the margins - all sorts of solutions. Anyway, I won't attempt to get into this in detail, and forwarding articles would run into the dozens so I will refrain on that. Don There has been a l 551 Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AfricanLanguages/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AfricanLanguages/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
