See Also: hale(4)(dictionary)
hale(2)(dictionary)
hale(5)(dictionary)
hale(6)(dictionary)
hale(7)(dictionary)
hale(1)(dictionary)
hale(dictionary)
hale(3)(dictionary)
Hale, Nathan(encyclopedia)
Hale, Sir Matthew(encyclopedia)

African languages (sh) and hale(1) (iou)


African languages (sh)




Languages indigenous to Africa that belong to the Niger-Congo, Nilo-Saharan, Khoisan, and Afro-Asiatic language phyla.

Africa is the most polyglot continent; estimates of the number of African Languages range from 1,000 to more than 1,500. Many have numerous dialects. Distinctions in tone play a significant role in nearly all sub-Saharan Languages. Contact between people who do not speak the same language has necessitated the development of lingua francas such as Swahili in East Africa, Lingala in the Congo River basin (see Bantu Languages), Sango in the Central African Republic (see Adamawa-Ubangi Languages), and Arabic across much of the Sahel.


hale(1) (iou)



hale adjective. Also (Scot.) hail. OE.
[North. dial. repr. of Old English hal WHOLE adjective. Cf. HAIL adjective1.]
I. Sound, healthy.
Free from injury; safe, unhurt. Now only Scot. & north. OE.
Free from disease, healthy; recovered from disease, healed. Now only Scot. & north. OE.
Esp. of an old person: free from infirmity; sound, robust, vigorous. Freq. in hale and hearty. E18.
II.
Whole, entire, complete; unbroken, undecayed. Now only Scot. & north. ME.
the hale ware: see WARE noun2.
? In Scottish hail the i indicated a long vowel not a diphthong as in HAIL adjective1.
halely adverb ME.
haleness noun ME.