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Journal articles on the topic "Nilo-Saharan languages"

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Ryan, Patrick C., and Lionel M. Bender. "The Nilo-Saharan Languages: A Comparative Essay." Language 73, no. 4 (1997): 883. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/417349.

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Compes, Isabel. "morphology of argument marking in Zaghawa-Wagi." Studies in African Linguistics 50, no. 2 (2021): 196–226. http://dx.doi.org/10.32473/sal.v50i2.118531.

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This paper presents an analysis of the system of argument marking on the verb in Zaghawa. Zaghawa, also called Beria in the literature, is a Saharan language of the Nilo-Saharan language phylum spoken in the border region of Sudan and Chad. Like other Saharan languages, it has complex verbal morphology including person indexing. The primary aim of the study is descriptive in that it presents linguistic data of the underdescribed Wagi dialect which is mainly spoken in Sudan. First, the paradigm of bound verbal affixes and their morphology is described. Secondly, one of the functions of the final morpheme of the verb which has not yet been described in detail in previous studies on Zaghawa is analysed. This final morpheme interacts with the person indexes to mark plural participants, and it is exploited to mark a morphological category not yet recognized in the other dialects of Zaghawa: the exclusive/inclusive distinction in the 1st person plural. Therefore, the study provides new data on the Zaghawa verb system and contributes a further detail to our knowledge of the Nilo-Saharan language family.

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Ryan, Patrick C. "The Nilo-Saharan languages: A comparative essay By Lionel M. Bender." Language 73, no. 4 (1997): 883–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/lan.1997.0027.

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Mathieu, Éric. "Flavors of Division." Linguistic Inquiry 43, no. 4 (2012): 650–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/ling_a_00110.

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The theoretical aim of this article is to integrate the singulative into the theory of division proposed by Borer (2005) and other theoretical linguists (e.g., Krifka 1995 , Doetjes 1996 , 1997 , Chierchia 1998 , Cheng and Sybesma 1999 ). To illustrate my claim, I offer a brief case study of Ojibwe, an Algonquian language, which I argue uses gender shift (from inanimate to animate) to mark singulativization. Singulatives, as morphological markers, are primarily known from Celtic, Afro-Asiatic, and Nilo-Saharan languages, but are not a known feature of Algonquian languages. Further support for my claim that the grammar of Algonquian languages embeds a singulative system comes from Fox (Mesquakie).

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Unseth, Peter. "Majang nominal plurals with comparative notes." Studies in African Linguistics 19, no. 1 (1988): 76–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.32473/sal.v19i1.107468.

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This paper describes the complex Majang system of noun plural formation. Majang uses singulative suffixes, plural suffixes, and suppletive plural stems to mark number on nouns. Majang is seen to exemplify in many ways the *N/*K pattern of singular and plural marking as described by Bryan [1968] for many Nilo-Saharan languages. Tiersma's [1982] theory of "Local Markedness" is shown to provide an explanation for singulative marking on some nouns in Majang and other Surma languages. A comparison of Majang noun plurals with plural forms in other Surma languages allows the reconstruction of some number marking for Proto-Surma.

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Gazali, Baba Kura Alkali. "THE PARAMETRIC VARIATIONS OF ENGLISH AND KANURI NOUN PHRASES: A MINIMALIST APPROACH." Linguistic Forum - A Journal of Linguistics 3, no. 1 (2021): 11–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.53057/linfo/2021.3.1.3.

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This paper examines the parametric variations of English and Kanuri noun phrases (NPs) within the theoretical framework of Principles and Parameters (P&P), and the study adopts Chomsky’s (1995) Minimalist Approach (MA). In conducting the research, the researcher uses his native intuition to collect the data for this study. The secondary sources of data involve the use of three competent native speakers to validate the data. The outcome of the study reveals that there are differences and similarities between the two languages which are genetically different –Kanuri Nilo is a Saharan language while English is an Endo European language. The differences are: Kanuri is a head final language while English is head initial language. On the complement phrases, the two languages share dissimilarities –quantifiers and adjectives occur post head in Kanuri while the quantifiers and adjectives occur pre-head in English. Finally, the two languages share similarities in terms of noun plural formation morphologically suffixed to post head nouns and definiteness and agreement features [-Def] [+PL Num].

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Voogt, Alex de. "Dual marking and kinship terms in Afitti." Studies in Language 35, no. 4 (2011): 898–911. http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/sl.35.4.04dev.

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Afitti is part of the Eastern Sudanic branch of the Nilo-Saharan language family. It features dual and plural forms as part of its kinship terminology that have not been attested elsewhere in the language family. Kinship terminology in which possessive pronouns have merged with kinship terms is also known for a series of Eastern Sudanic languages. Nyimang, Afitti’s closest linguistic neighbor, features a dual form but it is limited to its verbal system. The dual in Nyimang supports the suggestion that Afitti’s kinship terminology with a dual form has a historical basis, since a regional influence of the Arabic system of duals can be largely ruled out. Morphological data on Afitti should further the analysis of its kinship terms in future studies.

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Babiker, Mohyeldeen Mohamed, Ahmad Muhammad Ahmad, and Saad Abbakar Bakheet Ahmed. "Contrastive Analysis of Adjectives of Quality of English and Fur Languages." British Journal of Multidisciplinary and Advanced Studies 4, no. 1 (2023): 111–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.37745/bjmas.2022.0102.

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The research aims to compare and contrast adjectives of quality of English and Fur languages to find out the similarities and differences between them. The researchers have adopted contrastive methodology to do this research. They compared and contrasted adjectives of quality of in English and Fur languages. The results of the research revealed that the two languages almost share the same adjectives of quality. English and Fur adjectives of quality modify the nouns. Moreover, the both languages use their adjectives of quality attributively and predicatively. The two languages use the intensifiers to strengthen the adjectives of quality. On the other hand, the both languages belong to different language families. English is from an Indo-European language family, whereas, Fur belongs to Nilo-Saharan language family. It is very obvious that English attributive adjectives go before the nouns which they describe whereas, Fur attributive use of adjectives (boorô, mandin , toy, dɨwwô, fattâ , dɨkkô ) come after the nouns which they modify. English predicative use of adjectives slightly differs from the Fur language, because in English language they come after the verb (be) however, in Fur language they go before the verb (ii=be). In addition to the position of intensifiers in Fur language differs from English ones. The English intensifiers go before the adjectives whereas; the Fur ones go after the adjectives. The differences in adjectives of quality between the two languages result in problems encountered by the Fur learners in learning English language and vice versa.

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Lusekelo, Amani. "The Incorporation of the Kiswahili Names of Cereals and Tubers in the Non-Bantu Languages in Tanzania." Utafiti 14, no. 2 (2020): 295–314. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/26836408-14010017.

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Abstract I articulate the mechanisms for the incorporation of Kiswahili names of the New World cereals and tubers in the Afro-asiatic, Khoisan and Nilo-Saharan languages spoken in Tanzania. The penetration of pastoral-terms from non-Bantu societies into Bantu communities is extensively documented. But research on the impact of Kiswahili on non-Bantu languages has not been given prominence except in a few studies. Thus, specific investigation of the names of cereals and tubers into non-Bantu languages is incomplete. With regard to transference of the nomenclature of the farm-related products, I show that the major donor languages in this study include Iraqw and Kiswahili. This result illuminates the fact that agro-pastoral communities (e.g. Iraqw) influence the lexicon of languages spoken by pastoralists (e.g. Datooga) and foraging communities (e.g. Hadza). I show that Kiswahili is the main agent of names of agriculture in non-Bantu communities. Moreover, I highlight that the names of crops are integrated through assignment of gender-number markers primarily in Hadza, Iraqw and Maasai. In Datooga, I show that the number suffixes dominate as the strategy to incorporate Kiswahili words in the language.

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Storch, Anne. "Dynamics of interacting populations language contact in the Lwoo languages of Bahr el-Ghazal." Studies in African Linguistics 32, no. 1 (2003): 66–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.32473/sal.v32i1.107347.

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Number inflection systems in Western Nilotic languages appear highly complex and diverse. Comparative work on Nilotic and other Nilo-Saharan families has shown that these languages have a morphologically tripartite system with marked plurals and a bare root singular, marked singulatives constructed from unmarked collectives, and a replacement pattern with morphologically marked singulars and plurals. Historical comparison of the formatives used to construct the different number categories has proven difficult. A number of little-explored Western Nilotic languages of Bahr el-Ghazal have been in contact with Niger-Congo (predominantly Ubangi) languages and have undergone typological as well as specific grammatical changes. An investigation into the historical and present contact situations is needed in order to shed light on how the number inflection systems of these languages were created historically. Sprachbund phenomena include the diffusion of a ka- plural prefix into the Belanda languages, while a convergence phenomenon whose origin is probably more recent is the gradual loss of suffixing singulatives in the Lwoo languages that are in contact with Niger-Congo, which itself does not use singulatives. Retentions and innovations within the system of, number inflection of certain Lwoo languages of Bahr el-Ghazal are discussed and analysed in terms of the history of these languages. This paper argues that crucial changes and differences within Western Nilotic noun morphology cannot be understood without taking into account the long and complicated contact history of these languages.

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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Nilo-Saharan languages"

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Owino, Daniel. "Phonomological nativization Dhulou loanwords." Pretoria : [s.n.], 2003. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-02092004-112729.

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Ahland, Colleen, and Colleen Ahland. "A Grammar of Northern and Southern Gumuz." Thesis, University of Oregon, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/12559.

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Gumuz is a Nilo-Saharan dialect cluster spoken in the river valleys of northwestern Ethiopia and the southeastern part of the Republic of the Sudan. There are approximately 200,000 speakers, the majority of which reside in Ethiopia. This study is a phonological and grammatical analysis of two main dialects/languages: Northern Gumuz and Southern Gumuz. The study provides an overview of the Gumuz people and culture, including historical accounts of the language(s) and migration patterns. Most major aspects of the language are described and analyzed in detail: phonology, nouns, pronouns, demonstratives and other noun phrase constituents, verbs and verbal morphology, noun incorporation, verbal classifiers, noun categorization, basic clauses, and subordinate clauses. Northern and Southern Gumuz varieties are contrasted throughout. Gumuz tone has two levels, High and Low, with tonal downstep of High. The tonal melody on bound pronominals on verbs indicates transitivity. Nouns are divided into two basic types: relational and absolute. Relational nouns have an inherent relationship with another nominal element, either within a noun-noun compound or with a (historical) possessive affix. Two sets of relational nouns --attributive and relator nouns-- obligatorily take an inherent possession suffix if not in a compound. Gumuz has two noun-noun constructions: the Associative Construction and the Attributive Construction. The first is left-headed with `noun of noun' semantics. The second is right-headed with the initial noun expressing an inherent quality of the second. Certain body part terms have grammaticalized as a variety of other morphosyntactic categories, in particular as relator nouns, verbal classifiers, and class morphemes, the final two of which are noun categorization devices. Many of these same body part terms can be incorporated into the verb or form part of lexicalized verb-noun compounds. Deverbal nominalizations with /ma-/ are found throughout the language structures. These /ma-/ nominalizations serve as both subject and object complements. They are also commonly found in other subordinate clauses such as relative and adverbial clauses. Purpose clauses are formed with the dative preposition plus a /ma-/ nominalization. Finite purpose clauses take pronominal inflection and have further grammaticalized as future tense main clause verbs in Southern Gumuz.

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Worku, Firew Girma. "A grammar of Mursi, a Nilo-Saharan language." Thesis, 2020. https://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/65453/1/JCU_65453_worku_firew_thesis_2020.pdf.

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Firew Girma Worku completed a reference Grammar of Mursi, a Nilo-Saharan Language spoken in the Lower Omo Valley, in Southwestern Ethiopia. This is the first detailed documentation of this little-known language for its speakers. It is a valuable source material for linguists who are interested in the descriptive, documentation, and comparative studies of the Surmic Group languages.

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Books on the topic "Nilo-Saharan languages"

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Nilo-Saharan Linguistics Colloquium (11th : 2013 : Universität zu Köln), ed. Nilo-Saharan: Models and descriptions. Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, 2015.

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Nilo-Saharan Linguistics Colloquium (12th 2015 University of Nairobi). Nilo-Saharan issues and perspectives. Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, 2018.

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1934-, Bender M. Lionel, ed. Topics in Nilo-Saharan linguistics. H. Buske, 1989.

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The Nilo-Saharan languages: A comparative essay. 2nd ed. Lincom Europa, 1997.

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Ehret, Christopher. A historical-comparative reconstruction of Nilo-Saharan. R. Köppe Verlag, 2001.

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1952-, Payne Doris L., and Reh Mechthild, eds. Advances in Nilo-Saharan linguistics: Proceedings of the 8th Nilo-Saharan Linguistics Colloquium, University of Hamburg, August 22-25, 2001. Köppe, 2007.

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Nilo-Saharan Linguistics Colloquium (4th 1989 Bayreuth, Germany). Proceedings of the Fourth Nilo-Saharan Conference, Bayreuth, Aug. 30-Sep. 2, 1989. H. Buske, 1991.

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Nicolaï, Robert. La force des choses, ou, L'épreuve 'nilo-saharienne': Questions sur les reconstructions archéologiques et l'évolution des langues. Köppe, 2003.

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Nilo-Saharan Linguistics Colloquium (3rd 1986 Kisimu, Kenya). Proceedings of the Third Nilo-Saharan Linguistics Colloquium, Kisumu, Kenya, August 4-9, 1986. H. Buske, 1991.

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Nilo-Saharan Linguistics Colloquium (5th 1992 Université de Nice-Sophia Antipolis). Actes du cinquième Colloque de linguistique nilo-saharienne: 24-29 août 1992, Université de Nice-Sophia Antipolis. R. Köppe, 1995.

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Book chapters on the topic "Nilo-Saharan languages"

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Bürgisser, Philippe. "On Kunama ukunkula 'elbow' and its proposed cognates in Nilo-Saharan languages." In In Hot Pursuit of Language in Prehistory. John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/z.145.15bur.

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Ehret, Christopher. "Language contacts in Nilo-Saharan prehistory." In Language Contacts in Prehistory. John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2003. http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/cilt.239.10ehr.

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Dimmendaal, G. J. "Nilo-Saharan Languages." In Encyclopedia of Language & Linguistics. Elsevier, 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/b0-08-044854-2/02332-4.

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Jakobi, Angelika, and Gerrit J. Dimmendaal. "3 Number marking in Karko and Nilo-Saharan." In Number in the World's Languages. De Gruyter, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9783110622713-004.

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Dimmendaal, Gerrit J., Colleen Ahland, Angelika Jakobi, and Constance Kutsch Lojenga. "Linguistic Features and Typologies in Languages Commonly Referred to as ‘Nilo-Saharan’." In The Cambridge Handbook of African Linguistics. Cambridge University Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/9781108283991.011.

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Dimmendaal, Gerrit J., Mily Crevels, and Pieter Muysken. "Patterns of dispersal and diversification in Africa." In Language Dispersal, Diversification, and Contact. Oxford University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198723813.003.0011.

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This chapter presents some background considerations relevant to the patterns of language dispersal and diversification in Africa. First an overview of languages and language families is given. There are three larger families (Nilo-Saharan, Niger-Congo, and Afro-Asiatic) next to around nine smaller families and at least fifteen linguistic isolates. Then the main distinctive typological features of African languages are presented and some of the areal patterns are discussed. The following section presents the history of research on the major families of the continent. An important recent finding is that the Khoisan languages do not constitute a single family, but rather that three independent families (North, Central, and South Khoisan) are involved as well as two isolates, Hadza and Sandawe. The early history of the continent is briefly analysed, stressing the importance of genetic, archeological, and anthropological insights. The chapter concludes with a brief summary of the chapters in the book regarding the region.

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"Nilo-Saharan Moveable kas a Stage lll Article (with a Penutian Typological Parallel)." In On Language. Stanford University Press, 1990. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9781503623217-028.

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"APPENDIX THREE. development of nilo-saharan Lexicons of Herding and Cultivation." In History and the Testimony of Language. University of California Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/9780520947597-007.

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