Centre de linguistique appliquée de Dakar

The Centre de linguistique appliquée de Dakar (French for "Center of Applied Linguistics of Dakar"), abbreviated CLAD, is a language institute, which especially plays an important role in the orthographical standardization of the Wolof language.^[citation needed]

The institute is located in Dakar (Senegal) and belongs to the Cheikh Anta Diop University ( "Université Cheikh Anta Diop").[1]

History

The Centre was founded in 1963,[1] and was initially headed by Gabriel Manessy.[2]

Overview

The Serer Division is headed by Professor Souleymane Faye. Together with his team, they work towards standardizing the Serer language.[3][4] Faye, a professor of linguistics at the Cheikh Anta Diop University[5] who has authored and co-authored several books and papers pertaining to the Serer and Cangin languages[4][6] is one of the current professors of the Centre (as of 2012).[7]

References

1. "Accueil | CLAD - Centre Lignustique Appliquée de Dakar". clad.ucad.sn. Retrieved 2024-06-11.
2. "Hommage à Gabriel Manessy". www.academia.edu. Retrieved 2024-06-11.
3. "Workshop Know Your Rights!/Connais Tes Droits!", report by African Commission on Human Rights, Brandeis University and the West African Research Centre (WARC) (2007) [1], pp 11 and 15
4. (in French) Faye, Souleymane (CLAD, Dakar), & Dijkstra, Hillebrand (Société Internationale de Linguistique, Dakar), "Glotalisees du Sereer-Siin, du Saafisaafi et du Noon du Senegal: Etude Comparative de la Sonorite", [2]^[permanent dead link‍]
5. "Africorp.org". www.africorp.org. Retrieved 2024-06-11.
6. OpenLibrary.org. "Souleymane Faye". Open Library. Retrieved 2024-06-11.
7. "CLAD personnel". Archived from the original on 2014-04-01. Retrieved 2012-08-13.

External links

• CLAD at the Swiss OSIL Site (in French)
• Cheikh Anta Diop University (Dakar, Senegal) (in French)