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Journal articles on the topic "Nilo-Saharan"

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Unseth, Pete, and M. Lionel Bender. "Nilo-Saharan Language Studies." Language 61, no. 4 (1985): 926. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/414512.

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Ehret, Christopher. "The Nilo-Saharan background of Chadic." Studies in African Linguistics 35 (December 5, 2006): 56–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.32473/sal.v35i0.107316.

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NAKAO, Shuichiro. "'Rice,' 'sorghum,' 'pearl millet' and 'finger millet' in Nilo-Saharan." Studies in Geolinguistics 3 (October 13, 2023): 99–105. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8437074.

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This study overviews the geographical distribution of the terms for four major types of crops cultivated in Africa, ‘rice,’ ‘sorghum,’ ‘pearl millet’ and ‘finger millet’ in Nilo-Saharan languages. Most Nilo-Saharan languages lack a native term for ‘rice,’ but a number of languages attest a loanword from Arabic or Swahili. On the other hand, these languages attest a (possibly) native terms for ‘sorghum,’ ‘pearl millet’ and ‘finger millet,’ and we will analyze them by heuristically reconstructing prot

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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 fina

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A. Creider, Chet. "The Semantics of Participant Types in Derived Verbs in Nandi." Revue québécoise de linguistique 31, no. 2 (2004): 171–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.7202/009316ar.

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AbstractThe semantics of three valency-changing verbal derivational suffixes in Nandi (a Nilo-Saharan language spoken in East Africa) are investigated. Two cases of polysemy and one of homonymy are found and related to general case theory (DeLancey 2000, Jakobson 1936, 1990) as well as to the general theory of concept formation (Rosch and Mervis 1996).

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Andersen, Torben. "Clause-internal antitopics in Berta, a Nilo-Saharan verb-second language." Studies in Language 41, no. 1 (2017): 99–141. http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/sl.41.1.04and.

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This article deals with clausal constituent order and dislocation constructions in Berta, a Nilo-Saharan language with indicative clauses being verb-second. The preverbal slot is occupied by either an unmarked NP which may have any or no grammatical relation to the verb, a focus constituent, or a particular function word. This slot may be empty, but in that case it implies a zero third person referent. In addition to left-dislocated NPs, which are clause-external and which are resumed pronominally clause-internally, in some cases by zero, Berta also has a construction in which an NP is right-d

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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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Brillman, Ruth. "Second person agreement allomorphy in Masarak." Studies in African Linguistics 42, no. 2 (2013): 133–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.32473/sal.v42i2.107271.

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Masarak (also known as Masalit, sometimes spelled Massaleit), an endangered Nilo-Saharan language spoken in Darfur, is characterized by complex agreement patterns, particularly in the second person. This article outlines Masarak agreement patterns in the declarative, imperative and prohibitive verb forms, paying particular attention to second singular declarative allomorphy. In addition, this article describes a series of verb root-form alternations. Understanding these alternations is necessary in understanding the interpretation of different declarative, imperative and prohibitive verb forms

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Stolbova, Olga V. "ON THE ORIGIN OF THE VERB “TO WRITE” IN CHADIC LANGUAGES." Journal of the Institute of Oriental Studies RAS, no. 3 (21) (2022): 77–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.31696/2618-7302-2022-3-077-084.

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Chadic, Semitic, Egyptian, Berber, Kushitic and Omotic languages comprise the Afroasiatic (Hamito-Semitic) macro-family. The paper is aimed to clarify the origin of the verb ‘to write’ in different Chadic languages. Two main sources: semantic shifts and borrowings will be in the focus of the study. The phonological diversity of corresponding lexical forms is also of special interest. Numerous examples allow us to trace a long chain of semantic shifts ending in the verb ‘to write’. In almost all cases verbs ‘to cut’ or ‘to scratch’ have been identified as the first units of these semantic tran

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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Nilo-Saharan"

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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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Weiss, Doris. "Phonologie et morphosyntaxe du Maba." Thesis, Lyon 2, 2009. http://www.theses.fr/2009LYO20012/document.

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Cette thèse porte sur le maba, une langue nilo-saharienne du groupe maban, parlée à l’Est du Tchad par quelques 300.000 locuteurs. Cette langue est très peu décrite, et nous avons tenté de faire ressortir les caractéristiques phonologiques et morphosyntaxiques de la langue.Dans un premier temps, nous avons décrit l’inventaire des phonèmes ainsi que la formation des mots. Puis nous avons abordé le système nominal, c’est-à-dire le nom, les déterminants du nom ainsi que le constituant nominal. L’une des particularités du maba sont les coverbes, lexèmes actualisés soit à l’aide d’un morphème nomin

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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,

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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"

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

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

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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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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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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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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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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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Al-Amin, Abu-Manga, Gilley Leoma G, and Storch Anne, eds. Insights into Nilo-Saharan language, history and culture: Proceedings of the 9th Nilo-Saharan Linguistics Colloquium, Institute of African and Asian Studies, University of Khartoum, 16-19 February 2004. Köppe, 2006.

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Book chapters on the topic "Nilo-Saharan"

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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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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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Leyew, Zelealem. "Chapter 5. Notes on glottonyms and ethnonyms in Ethiopian languages." In Culture and Language Use. John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/clu.23.05ley.

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This paper gives a grammatical and sociolinguistic account of glottonyms and ethnonyms in Ethiopian languages. As a metonymic relationship, glottonyms are derived from ethnonyms by attaching the roots of the vocal organs: ‘mouth’, ‘tongue’ and ‘tooth’. The mouth-based glottonyms are widespread in Cushitic, Omotic and Semitic languages. Nilo-Saharan languages have mouth- and tongue-based glottonyms. Few suppletive forms of glottonyms and ethnonyms were recorded. The use of multiple names for the same language and ethnic group is frequent. The disparity between endonyms and exonyms has long been

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Lieber, Rochelle, Pavol Štekauer, and Gerrit J. Dimmendaal. "Nilo-Saharan." In The Oxford Handbook of Derivational Morphology. Oxford University Press, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199641642.013.0033.

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Dimmendaal, Gerrit J., and Hiba Babiker. "Nilo-Saharan archaeolinguistics." In The Oxford Handbook of Archaeology and Language. Oxford University Press, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780192868350.013.29.

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Abstract Nilo-Saharan, one of three major language families on the African continent next to a range of smaller families and linguistic isolates, lies ‘sandwiched’ between the other two major families, Afroasiatic mainly to the north, and Niger-Congo mainly to the south. Contrary to Niger-Congo, the geographical spread of Nilo-Saharan is rather fragmented. The present contribution aims at explaining the possible historical causes of this constellation. This implies linking linguistic findings (based on genealogical subgrouping) to what is known about palaeo-climatological changes in the areas

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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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"Nilo-Saharan, adj." In Oxford English Dictionary, 3rd ed. Oxford University Press, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oed/8583682104.

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"Lexicography of Nilo-Saharan Nilo-saharische Lexikographie Lexicographie nilo-saharienne." In Wörterbücher / Dictionaries / Dictionnaires, Part 3, edited by Franz Josef Hausmann, Oskar Reichmann, Herbert Ernst Wiegand, and Ladislav Zgusta. Walter de Gruyter, 1991. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9783110124217.3.30.2642.

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Dimmendaal, Gerrit J. "General overview of Nilo-Saharan." In The Oxford Handbook of Ethiopian Languages. Oxford University Press, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198728542.013.30.

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Abstract This chapter introduces the expanse of the Nilo-Saharan region, the language family that spread across Central and Eastern Africa. It lists the range of languages and language groups within the region such as Kunama, Eastern Sudanic, Nara, Berta, Nilotic, and Surmic. The geographical spread probably reflects the chronological and historical diffusion of the ancestral languages from the west. The chapter also notes how scholars often argue the specificity of groups and subgroups included within the Nilo-Saharan phylum, as well as their genetic grouping.

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Kutsch Lojenga, Constance. "Vowel Harmony in Nilo-Saharan Languages." In The Oxford Handbook of Vowel Harmony. Oxford University Press, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198826804.013.49.

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Abstract Almost 70 Nilo-Saharan languages are cited in this chapter, several of which are mentioned because of a particular behavior in their vowel harmony (VH) system, whereas others are treated more elaborately with sets of examples. The great majority of the Nilo-Saharan languages have vowel systems with VH based on the feature [ATR]. Several subtypes are found: (1) languages with nine or 10 contrastive vowels; and (2) languages with seven contrastive vowels and two or three allophones, which results in the same nine or 10 surface vowels. There are languages which synchronically have a seve

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