Swahili advertisement from Arusha, Tanzania

African Languages at UCLA

Information about African languages taught at UCLA.

UCLA offers regular instruction in

• Swahili
• Modern Standard and Colloquial Egyptian Arabic
• Afrikaans
• Berber

In the 2008-09 academic year are offering:

• Introductory and Intermediate Swahili
• Introductory, Intermediate, and Advanced Yoruba
• Introductory Zulu (via distance learning with UC-Berkeley)
• Arabic at all levels

Fall 2008 African Languages Conversation Tables:

Many of these classes have conversation tables, open to the public, at or outside of Northern Lights (North Campus Student Union coffee house).  If the schedule you are looking for is not listed here, check back or contact Dr. Thompson

Beginning Swahili Mondays 10 - 11 a.m., Mondays 12 noon - 1 p.m., Mondays 4 - 5 p.m., Tuesdays 12 noon - 1 p.m., Fridays 2 - 3 p.m.

Intermediate Swahili Mondays and Wednesdays 11 a.m. - 12 noon

We are also able to offer other languages during Summer Sessions. Recent offerings have included:

2006 Amharic, Swahili, Yoruba

2007 Amharic, Swahili, Zulu

2008 Igbo, Swahili, Tigrinya

Other African Languages

Other African languages are ocassionally taught as tutorials under faculty supervision using Linguistics, Library, and Instructional Media Center resources; Amharic, Bambara, Cape Verde Creole, Chichewa, Ewe, Kimbundu, Sotho, Yoruba, and Wolof have been given over the years.  Students interested in requesting such a course should contact our African languages coordinator, Katrina Daly Thompson.

For more info please contact:
Katrina Daly Thompson
310-825-4405
kdthompson@humnet.ucla.edu