The Central African Republic belongs to those African nations which have given an autochthonous language the status of a second official language, next to one imported from Europe. The implementation of Sango meets, however, a series of problems, which are discussed in the present volume. CONTENTS: Bernd Heine: Foreword.
Helma Pasch: Introduction. Michel Marie Koyt: La situation du Sango en République Centrafricaine. Marcel Diki-Kidiri: Developper le Sango en tant que langue officielle. Christina Thornell: Reflections on the 1984 Sango orthography decree. Sylvie Grand'Eury: Le Sango au service de l'animation des structures communautaires rurales et urbaines.
Jeannine Gerbault: The development of Sango literacy in Central African Society. Helma Pasch: Status and role of Sango in the Central African Republic as contrasted to French. Valeri Khabirov: The verbal paradigm of Sango. William J. Samarin / Jame A. Walker: Verb-marking in Sango.
