Afrihili

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Afrihili (or El-Afrihili) is an auxiliary language which was created in 1970 by K. A. Kumi Attobrah. It was intended "to be an auxiliary language for the continent of Africa, with a phonology, vocabulary and grammar all derived from African languages" and "comfortable to speakers of African languages, particularly Swahili".

The author hoped that it would be adopted as the lingua franca for Africa.

Text Samples

Kwaku na Akua

Kwaku na Akua mai atapiro atajirin we^na liwa yide fu kusa. Ni atapiro atajirin mai imulezi ibarin we^na ye^ f'amotsoala. Ni amotsoala ye^ arenobo kika Kwaku na Akua baitu fu duka ye^ ukuetu upapam tare. Ku atapiro mai afu okisiwa so nehi nesa be^, na ni imao no inta tabonadi you. Fumai arafi f'amotsoala to` okisiwa.

Translation unknown.

Some phrases

Zuri lu
Good day

Zuri zinga
Good morning

Zuri masa
Good afternoon

Zuri dani
Good evening

Zuri bali
Good night

Jo koni
Go at once

!Afuraho
Cheers!

Sama papa obeka al dude
Find a good place to eat.

External Links

Bibliography

K. A. Kumi Attobrah. Ni Afrihili Oluga: The African Continental Language (First Edition, 1970; Second Edition, 1973).


This article is part of a series on International Auxiliary Languages.

Romance-based Auxlangs: Aercant * Atlango * Interlingua * Latin Nov * Novial * Occidental (Interlingue) * Panroman * Romanal
Germanic-based Auxlangs: Folksprak * Nordien
Slavic Auxlangs: Novoslovnica
Turkic Auxlangs: Jalpi Turkic
African Auxlangs: Afrihili
Mixed-Origin Auxlangs: Esperanto * Adjuvilo * Ido * Ayola * Medial Europan * Bolak * Kotava * North American * Pantos-dimou-glossa * Pasetok * Sasxsek * Universalglot * Volapük
A priori auxlangs: -



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