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Afrikaans and Dutch
Nov 08, 2021 - Available on the Potchefstroom and Vanderbijlpark Campuses The variety of Afrikaans that is spoken today originates from the Dutch, Malay and African languages spoken by early settlers in South Africa in the 1600s. Afrikaans is viewed by linguists as a young language. Its development began in the 17th century when …http://humanities.nwu.ac.za/languages/creative-writing
Creative Writing
May 28, 2025 - Available on the Potchefstroom Campus [accordion collapsed] What is Creative Writing? Creative Writing entails the writing of creative texts such as short stories, poems, children’s stories and drama texts. It is a fully fledged graduate subject and is mainly selected by students majoring in languages. No specific entrance…http://humanities.nwu.ac.za/languages/english
English
Jun 18, 2020 - Available on the Mahikeng, Potchefstroom and Vanderbijlpark Campuses The history of the English language really started with the arrival of three Germanic tribes who invaded Britain during the 5th century AD. So, English has its roots in the West Germanic languages of the Indo-European language family, from which German and…http://humanities.nwu.ac.za/languages/french
French
Nov 08, 2021 - Available on the Mahikeng, Potchefstroom and Vanderbijlpark Campuses In 2020, la langue française, the language of love, is an official language in 32 countries and is spoken in more than 43 countries and by about 300 million people around the world, on every continent. There are more than 50 million people learning…http://humanities.nwu.ac.za/languages/german
German
Nov 08, 2021 - Available on the Potchefstroom and Vanderbijlpark Campuses German is the language of scientists, inventors, philosophers, composers, artists, poets and authors. More than 100 Nobel Prizes have been awarded to German-speaking individuals who have distinguished themselves in the fields of physics, chemistry, physiology, medicine,…http://humanities.nwu.ac.za/ilma
About ILMA
Aug 19, 2022 - The entity Indigenous Language Media in Africa (ILMA) is a research niche area of the North-West University (NWU) in South Africa. It is the only one of its kind on the continent of Africa. It focuses on issues of African languages in the media, the contrast between public and private financing of the media, the media and…http://humanities.nwu.ac.za/languages/south-african-sign
South African Sign Language
Jun 18, 2020 - Available on the Potchefstroom Campus Used by almost one million deaf and hearing South Africans, South African Sign Language (SASL) is the official language of the South African deaf community and has linguistic rules just like all other spoken languages do. This study programme is designed for people who would like to…http://humanities.nwu.ac.za/ilma/contact-us
Contact us
Aug 19, 2022 - Physical Address: Indigenous Language Media in Africa (ILMA) ADC Building Rooms 211 & 208 Mahikeng Campus Contact Number: +27 (0)18 389 2369 +27 (0)18 389 2238 Email: Kgomotso.bosilong@nwu.ac.za abiodun.salawu@nwu.ac.zahttp://humanities.nwu.ac.za/ilma/subprogrammes
Subprogrammes
Aug 19, 2022 - [accordion collapsed] African Language Journalism The nature, content and language use of African-language journalism form part of the focus of this subprogramme. Journalism practice in African-language media is also studied to understand the peculiarities, challenges and prospects for improvement. African-…http://humanities.nwu.ac.za/ilma/postgraduate-studies
Postgraduate Studies
Aug 19, 2022 - The entity accepts students who want to work towards obtaining an honours, master’s or PhD degree, with their research focused on any aspect of the entity’s subprogrammes. They can be registered in any relevant department of the institution, but their supervisors must be members of the research entity.http://humanities.nwu.ac.za/ilma/research-projects