The Instituto de Línguas Nacionais produced orthographies for 6 national languages. / L’Instituto de Línguas Nacionais a produit des orthographes pour 6 langues nationales.

Diarra, Boubacar (Ed). 1987 Alfabetos das línguas kikoongo, kimbundu, umbundu, cokwe, mbunda, oxikwanyama. Luanda: Inst. de Línguas Nacionais

Language policy / Politique de langue

(Source: UNESCO, 1985)

ICT policy / Politique de TIC

Localisation policy / Politique de localisation

• Project telecentres / Télécentres de projets:

• Fixed lines:
  • Telephone mainlines per 1000 people: 6 (APC)
  • Telephones - main lines in use: 94,300 (2005) (CIA)
• Mobile subscriptions:
  • 250,000 (1.7 per 100 people) (ITU 2004 as cited in Vodafone 2005)
  • Telephones - mobile cellular: 1.094 million (2005) (CIA)
  • GSM companies & coverage : http://www.gsmworld.com/roaming/gsminfo/cou_ao.shtml

Wikipedia, "Communications in Angola," http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communications_in_Angola

______, "Languages of Angola," http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Angola

• Internet hosts : 2,525 (2006) (CIA)

U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), "The World Factbook: Angola," https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ao.html

Information on Angola's NICI (National Information and Communications Infrastructure) policy is available at http://www.uneca.org/aisi/nici/Angola/angola.htm & http://www.uneca.org/aisi/nici/country_profiles/angola/angab.htm

• Rádio N'gola Yetu http://www.rna.ao/ngolayeto/programacao.cgi broadcasts in many languages of Angola
• Radio broadcast stations: AM 21, FM 6, shortwave 7 (2000) (CIA)

According to CIA, "internet hosts" number 2,525 (2006)

• The ADEN project has held at least 2 trainings in Angola http://www.africaden.net/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=6
• WikiEducator has a table on enabling and constraining factors for ICTs in education

• AngoNet (project "to increase the capacity of non-profit, civic and development organisations working in Angola, through improved communications and information exchange") http://www.angonet.org/

Localisation policy / Politique de localisation

U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), "The World Factbook: Angola," https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ao.html

WikiEducator, "ICT4Africa/Country Report Angola," http://www.wikieducator.org/ICT4Africa/Country_Report_Angola

Wikipedia, "Languages of Angola," http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Angola

Angola (AO) http://www.PanAfriL10n.org/wikidoc/flags/ANGOLA.GIF

UNDP (2006) gives a literacy figure (without reference to which language[s]) of: 67.4%

The ADEN project has held at least 2 trainings in Angola http://www.africaden.net/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=6

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• Number of computers / Nombre d'ordinateurs: 6 per 1000 people (APC)

• Digital Opportunity Index (DOI): 0.21 (ITU 2006)

• International internet bandwidth / Bande passante internationale d'internet :
• ISPs / FSI :
• Geographic coverage / Couverture géographique :

There was apparently an issue with the legal status of INL up until at least 2006 (Angola Press, 29 Aug. 2006). Need update & more info.

The APC page, "ICT Policy in Angola" has some information and links:

• In English: http://rights.apc.org/africa/index.shtml?apc=s21810e_1
• En français: http://afrique.droits.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=s21810e_1

Resources / Ressources

Apparently there are not many locally generated websites.

Projects & organisations / Projets et organisations

______. "Debate On Preserving Of Vernacular Languages Joins Experts." 29 August 2006 http://www.angolapress-angop.ao/noticia-e.asp?ID=467549&ARG2=213449

APC, "ICT Policy in Algeria" Africa ICT Policy Monitor, http://rights.apc.org/africa/en.shtml?apc=s21803e_1 ("Politiques de TIC en/au Angola," http://afrique.droits.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=s21810e_1 )

Angola (AO) http://www.PanAfriL10n.org/wikidoc/flags/ANGOLA.GIF

• SchoolNet Africa has been involved in some efforts to equip some schools with computers and internet.

a) Computers & points of access / Ordinateurs et lieux d'accès :

• Number of computers / Nombre d'ordinateurs:
• Cybercafés / Cybercafés:
• Project telecentres / Télécentres de projets:
  • SchoolNet Africa has been involved in some efforts to equip some schools with computers and internet.

b) Internet / Internet :

c) Other / Autre :

• Digital Opportunity Index (DOI): (ITU 2006)

ICT4D/E & ICT training / TIC pour le développement/éducation, et formation en TIC

International Telecommunications Union (ITU). 2006. World Information Society Report 2006. Geneva: ITU. http://www.itu.int/osg/spu/publications/worldinformationsociety/2006/wisr-web.pdf

______. 2004. African Telecommunication Indicators 2004. Geneva: ITU.

Computer & internet access / Accès aux ordinateurs et à l'internet

a) Internet / Internet :

b) Cybercentres / Cybercentres :

c) Project telecentres / Télécentres des projets :

Policy / Politique

ICT4D & ICT training / TIC pour le développement et formation en TIC

Localisation situation / Situation de localisation

Country web content / Contenu web du pays

Web content in indigenous languages / Contenu web en langues indigènes

Software localisation / Localisation de logiciel

References / Références

Angola (AO) http://www.PanAfriL10n.org/wikidoc/flags/ANGOLA.GIF

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Language information / Données sur les langues

Languages spoken / Langues parlées

a) Official / Officielle(s) :

b) National, indigenous / Nationale(s), indigène(s) :

c) Relevant pages in the Major Languages section of this report / Pages appropriées dans la section de ce rapport sur les Langues principales :

Policy / Politique

a) Laws/legislation / Lois/législation :

b) Agencies / Agences :

c) Languages in education/literacy / Langues dans l'éducation/l'alphabétisation :

Writing in national/indigenous languages / Ecriture en langues nationales/indigènes

a) Orthographies / Orthographes :

b) Print publications / Editions imprimées :

Other comments / Autre commentaire

ICT situation / Situation des TIC

Infrastructure / Infrastructure

a) Telephones / Téléphones :

• Fixed lines: Telephone mainlines per 1000 people: 6 (APC)
• Mobile subscriptions: 1.7 per 100 population (ITU 2004 as cited in Vodafone 2005)

b) Radio stations / Stations de radio :

c) Connectivity / Connectivité :

The APC page, "ICT Policy in Angola" has some information and links: http://rights.apc.org/africa/index.shtml?apc=s21810e_1

APC, "ICT Policy in Algeria" Africa ICT Policy Monitor, http://rights.apc.org/africa/en.shtml?apc=s21803e_1

ITU (International Telecommunications Union). 2004. African Telecommunication Indicators 2004. Geneva: ITU.

Vodafone. 2005. "Africa: The Impact of Mobile Phones." The Vodafone Policy Paper Series, Number 3, March 2005. http://www.vodafone.com/assets/files/en/GPP%20SIM%20paper.pdf

Umbundu, Kongo, Chokwe/Ruund, Kimbundu, Kwanyama

UNDP (2006) gives a literacy figure (without reference to which language[s]) of: 67.4%

UNDP. 2006. ''Beyond scarcity: Power, poverty and the global water crisis. Human Development Report 2006.'' New York: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). [Human development index Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) (HDI) http://hdr.undp.org/hdr2006/statistics/indicators/3.html ]

Wikipedia, "Languages of Angola," http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Angola

______, "Línguas de Angola," http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Línguas_de_Angola

Rádio N'gola Yetu http://www.rna.ao/ngolayeto/programacao.cgi broadcasts in many languages of Angola

Angola

Benin - Bénin

Benin - Bénin

Instituto National de línguas
Ministerio de educação
Rue Tavares de Carvalho, 124 LUANDA\\

Instituto National de línguas Ministerio de educação Rue Tavares de Carvalho, 124 LUANDA (Source: UNESCO, 1985)

UNESCO Regional Office for Education in Africa. 1985. African Community Languages and Their Use in Literacy and Education: A Regional Survey. Dakar: UNESCO.

Michael C. Finley reports a "serious lack of the written word in national languages" including a dearth of learning materials http://h-net.msu.edu/cgi-bin/logbrowse.pl?trx=vx&list=H-Luso-Africa&month=0608&week=d&msg=VUeIn3vde%2bqFwfgQHvl2gA&user=&pw=

Wikipedia, "Línguas de Angola," http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Línguas_de_Angola

Umbundu, Kongo, Chokwe/Ruund, Kimbundu, Kwanyama

Instituto de Línguas Nacionais (INL) is respsonsible for research on Kikongo, Kimbundu, Umbundu, Cokwe, Oshikwanyama, and Ngangela (Ntondo 1998)

National television features 5 minutes of news in each of the following languages: Kikongo, Kimbundu, Umbundu, Cokwe, Oshikwanyama (Ntondo 1998)

Ntondo, Zavoni. 1998. "The Sociolinguistic Situation of Oshikwanyama in Angola." In K. Legère, ed. Cross-border languages : reports and studies, Regional Workshop on Cross-Border Languages, National Institute for Educational Development (NIED), Okahandja, 23-27 September 1996. Windhoek : Gamsberg Macmillan.

The ADEN project has held at least 2 trainings in Angola http://www.africaden.net/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=6

Balancing Act Africa. 2006. African Internet Country Profiles, Part 3, Southern and Central Africa. London: Balancing Act. http://www.balancingact-africa.com/profile3.html

• Internet users / Utilisateurs de l'internet : 172,000 Internet users as of Mar/2005, 1.3% of the population, per ITU (Internet World Stats)

Balancing Act Africa. 2006. African Internet Country Profiles, Part 3, Southern and Central Africa. London: Balancing Act.

Internet World Stats: Africa. 2006. http://internetworldstats.com/africa.htm

• Fixed lines:
• Mobile subscriptions:

• International internet bandwidth / Bande passante internationale d'internet :
• ISPs / FSI :

• Dial-up subscribers / Abonnés par ligne téléphonique :
• Internet users / Utilisateurs de l'internet :

SchoolNet Africa has been involved in some efforts to equip some schools with computers and internet.

Apparantly there are not many locally generated websites.

Balancing Act Africa. 2006. African Internet Country Profiles, Part 3, Southern and Central Africa. London: Balancing Act.

"Ebonet in association with Empresa Nacional de Correios e Telegrafos de Angola (National Post Office) has created a new company 'Correios Business Center , Lda', to offer communication services." (Balancing Act)

According to Balancing Act, there have been efforts notably through SchoolNet Africa to equip some schools with computers and internet.

Balancing Act indicates that there are not many locally generated websites and lists three:

• http://www.angola.org
• http://angonet.org
• http://www.nexus.ao

Balancing Act Africa. 2006. African Internet Country Profiles, Part 3, Southern and Central Africa. London: Balancing Act.

• Fixed lines: 94,280 (2004) (Balancing Act)
• Mobile subscriptions: 1,094,115 (2005) (Balancing Act)

• International internet bandwidth / Bande passante internationale d'internet : 7 Mbps (2002) (Balancing Act)
• ISPs / FSI : "3 main players" (Balancing Act)

• Dial-up subscribers / Abonnés par ligne téléphonique : 10,500 (2003) (Balancing Act)
• Internet users / Utilisateurs de l'internet : 172,000 (2004) (Balancing Act)

"Ebonet in association with Empresa Nacional de Correios e Telegrafos de Angola (National Post Office) has created a new company “ Correios Business Center , Lda”, to offer communication services." (Balancing Act)

"The Angolan government aims at raising USD 96 million, in the near future, for the implementation of Action Plan For Information Society, affirmed Friday, here, the co-ordinator of the National Information Technology Commission, Pedro Teta." (Angola Press Agency, 28 January 2006)

"The Angolan government aims at raising USD 96 million, in the near future, for the implementation of Action Plan For Information Society, affirmed Friday, here, the co-ordinator of the National Information Technology Commission, Pedro Teta." (Angola Pfress Agency, 28 January 2006)

Angola Press Agency. "Gov't to Raise USD 96 Million for Information Society Plan." 28 January 2006. http://allafrica.com/stories/200601300158.html http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DigAfrica/message/4625

Koongo, Mbundu, Chokwe, Mbunda, Kwanyama (Oxikuanyama) (these are indicated by Ethnologue as "National or official languages" along with Portuguese. Per 1.a.1 above these may not be legislated.)

1.b. Policy / Politique

1.c. Writing in national/indigenous languages / Ecriture en langues nationales/indigènes

1.d. Other comments / Autre commentaire

Information on Angola's NICI (National Information and Communications Infrastructure) policy is available at http://www.uneca.org/aisi/nici/Angola/angola.htm & http://www.uneca.org/aisi/nici/country_profiles/angola/angab.htm

(See also specific language pages.)

(See also specific language pages.)

Ethnologue lists 41 living languages at http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=AO

2.a. Infrastructure / Infrastructure

2.a.1. Telephones / Téléphones :

• Fixed lines:
• Mobile subscriptions:

2.a.2. Radio stations / Stations de radio :

2.a.3. Connectivity / Connectivité :

• International internet bandwidth / Bande passante internationale d'internet :
• ISPs / FSI :
• Geographic coverage / Couverture géographique :

2.b Computer & internet access / Accès aux ordinateurs et à l'internet

2.b.1. Internet / Internet :

• Dial-up subscribers / Abonnés par ligne téléphonique :
• Internet users / Utilisateurs de l'internet :

2.b.2. Cybercentres / Cybercentres :

2.b.3. Project telecentres / Télécentres des projets :

2.c. Policy / Politique

2.d. ICT4D & ICT training / TIC pour le développement et formation en TIC

3. Localisation situation / Situation de localisation

3.a. Country web content / Contenu web du pays

3.b. Web content in indigenous languages / Contenu web en langues indigènes

3.c. Software localisation / Localisation de logiciel

1. Language information / Données sur les langues

1.a. Languages spoken / Langues parlées

1.a.1. Official / Officielle(s) :

1.a.2. National, indigenous / Nationale(s), indigène(s) :

1.a.3. Relevant pages in the Major Languages section of this report / Pages appropriées dans la section de ce rapport sur les Langues principales :

1.b. Policy / Politique :

1.b.1. Laws/legislation / Lois/législation :

1.b.2. Agencies / Agences :

1.b.3. Languages in education/literacy / Langues dans l'éducation/l'alphabétisation :

1.c. Writing in national/indigenous languages / Ecriture en langues nationales/indigènes :

1.c.1. Orthographies / Orthographes :

1.c.2. Print publications / Editions imprimées :

1.d. Other comments / Autre commentaire :

2. ICT situation / Situation des TIC

3. Localisation situation / Situation de localisation

4. References / Références

Umbundu, Kongo, Chokwe/Ruund, Kimbundu

d. Other comments / Autre commentaire :

1. Language information / Données sur les langues

a. Languages spoken / Langues parlées :

i. Official / Officielle(s) :

ii. National (indigenous, often with legislated status other than official) / Nationale(s) (indigène ; souvent avec un statut légale autre qu' "officielle") :

iii. Other indigenous / Autres indigènes :

iv. Relevant pages in the Major Languages section of this report / Pages appropriées dans la section de ce rapport sur les Langues principales :

b. Policy / Politique :

i. Laws/legislation / Lois/législation :

ii. Agencies / Agences :

iii. Languages in education/literacy / Langues dans l'éducation/l'alphabétisation :

c. Writing in national/indigenous languages / Ecriture en langues nationales/indigènes :

i. Orthographies / Orthographes :

ii. Print publications / Editions imprimées :

d. Other comments / Autre commente :

2. ICT situation / Situation des TIC

3. Localisation situation / Situation de localisation

4. References / Références

ii. National (indigenous, often with legislated status other than official):

Leclerc, Jacques. L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde, "Angola," http://www.tlfq.ulaval.ca/axl/afrique/Angola.htm

SIL International, Ethnologue: Languages of the World, "Languages of Angola," http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=AO

4. References

iii. Languages in education/literacy:

Portuguese is the only language of instruction (L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde).

c. Writing in national/indigenous languages:

i. Orthographies:

ii. Print publications:

d. Other comments:

Over 90% of Angolans speak Bantu languages as their first language (L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde).

4. References!!!

Ethnologue has an extensive list at http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=AO

ii. National (indigenous, usually with legislated status other than official):

Portuguese (the site L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde indicates this is de facto as there is no legislation re language status)

Koongo, Mbundu, Chokwe, Mbunda, Kwanyama (Oxikuanyama) (these are indicated by Ethnologue as "National or official languages" along with Portuguese. Per 1.a.i above these may not be legislated.)

1. Language information

a. Languages spoken:

i. Official:

Portuguese (the site L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde indicates this is de facto and not legislated)

ii. National (indigenous with legislated status other than official):

Koongo, Mbundu, Chokwe, Mbunda, Kwanyama (Oxikuanyama) (these are indicated by Ethnologue as "National or official languages" along with Portuguese. Per 1.a.i these may not be legislated.)

iii. Other indigenous:

Ethnologue has an extensive list at http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=AO

iv. Relevant pages in the Major Languages section of this report:

b. Policy:

i. Laws/legislation:

The site L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde has a page on Angola at http://www.tlfq.ulaval.ca/axl/afrique/Angola.htm

ii. Agencies:

c. Other comments:

Over 90% of Angolans speak Bantu languages as their first language. Portuguese is the only language of instruction (L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde).

2. ICT situation

3. Localisation situation

4. References: