Academic literature on the topic 'Rendille language'

It has long been observed by Cushiticists that the prefix conjugation in various Semitic languages represents one of the major arguments for treating this language group as belonging to the Semitohamitic (Erythraic, Afroasiatic) language phylum. From Semitic and Berber we are acquainted with (at least) two different prefix conjugations, a short one and a long one. THe long from is found in Berber and in several Semitic languages, although there is no general agreement about this. With this in mind, we should be surprised if we could not find so-called long imperfect forms in Cushitic as well. A strong candidate would be the Beja present which nasalizes the second radical, which is lengthened in other languages. In this context, however, I should like, not to discuss the problem bearing on the verbal forms of North Cushitic, but rather to draw the attention of the compartive Semitohamiticist to some East Cushitic languages for which new material is now available. ITt seems convenient to limit this discussion to the Rendille and Boni languages which have recently become knownthrough the work of Bernd Heine (1975–76, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1982) and Hans-Jürgen Sasse (1979, 1980a, 1980b).

IntroductionThe linguistic and religious affiliation of the peoples of the arid lowlands of northern Kenya and adjacent areas of the Horn is very heterogeneous. Although most of the populations east of Lake Turkana speak languages which belong to the Lowland branch of the Eastern Cushitic sub-family, within this branch Oromo speech (Boran, Gabbra, Sakuye, Orma) is not mutually intelligible with Somaloid languages like Rendille and Somali. Even within the Somaloid group, successful communication between monolingual Rendille and Somali is normally difficult, but a high degree of bilingualism is found.

ResumenMAIZ, Claudio. DEMONIOS, PROFETAS Y MÁRTIRES: RESTOS BÍBLICOS EN LA ENSAYÍSTICA HISPANOAMERICANA MODERNA. Lit. lingüíst.[online]. 2013, n.27, pp. 67-82. ISSN 0716-5811. http://dx.doi.org/10.4067/S0716-58112013000100004.El ensayo nació en Hispanoamérica como un género crítico del colonialismo. El espíritu rebelde que lo caracteriza le ha impedido rendirse ante "verdades reveladas". Esta circunstancia -el espíritu crítico- se ha mantenido a lo largo del tiempo y es la marca que aún hoy lo distingue. En consecuencia, esa característica lo ha alejado de todo dogmatismo (nos referimos desde luego a los ensayos canónicos o que merezcan la categoría de logrados en su forma). Los restos bíblicos en el género no abundan por lo dicho y además como consecuencia de la "sacralización del mundo" que ha ocupado la conciencia americana de nuestros ensayistas. Ello no ha impedido, de todos modos, que el "universo mitológico" del Gran Código (la Biblia) del que habla Northrop Frye no penetre los textos de diversos modos. De manera alegórica en algún caso, inconscientemente en otros, pero como estereotipos en la mayoría. Tampoco podemos dejar de aludir a que el Gran Código también afecta la estructura del género ensayístico en cuanto a la praxis profética o redentora en la que los mejores exponentes del género han fusionado radicalmente la idea con la vida.

Ce travail est consacré à la morphophonologie des langues est-couchitiques, principalement le somali, secondairement l'afar, le rendille et l'oromo. L'analyse des mécanismes "phonologiques", notamment du mécanisme d'alternance voyelle-zéro, nécessité et permet une révision radicale de la conception classique de la "morphologie" de ces langues. Ceci conduit en effet à établir les principes originaux mais rigoureux et très simples selon lesquels "l'information consonantique sous-jacente" est gérée en surface. La récupération correcte de ce matériel sous-jacent permet alors de montrer que la morphologie de ces langues est fondamentalement et essentiellement "gabaritique". Le système verbal, en particulier, se ramène à l'exploitation d'un gabarit unique, CV[CV]CVCV, identique à celui du sémitique et du berbère. La mise en évidence d'un gabarit et de consonnes quiescentes, garanties par le mécanisme d'alternance V/O, permet de comprendre de nombreux faits qui sans cela restent isolés et inexpliqués
The work is dedicated to the morphophonology of East Cushitic languages, mainly Somali and secondarily Afar, Rendille and Oromo. The analysis of "phonological" mechanisms, particularly vowel/zero alternations, requires and allows a complete calling into question of the common conception of the "morphology" of these languages. Indeed it leads to elicit original but very strict and simple principles which rule whether "underlying consonant material" may be instantiated. It appears that the proper retrieval of this underlying material allows to prove that the morphology of these languages is fundamentally and essentially "templatic". In particular the verbal system is shown to operate from a unique template, CV[CV]CVCV, identical to the template found in the Semitic and Berber languages. The elicitation of a "template" and of "latent consonants" allows to understand and unify a series of facts which before were considered as exceptions