Nuba Mountain Language Studies

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This book is the outcome of the first international conference on the Nuba Mountain languages, held in Leiden, September 2–4, 2011. It contains 32 original contributions and constitutes an important leap forward in the linguistic exploration of this complex area. The Nuba Mountains are seen as a well circumscribed geographical and cultural area by its inhabitants and outsiders alike. They are almost entirely located in the centre of the State of South Kordofan within the Republic of the Sudan. The term “Nuba Mountain languages” refers to the forty-plus languages natively spoken in this area — in addition to regional varieties of Arabic. These languages can uncontroversially be assigned to ten linguistic (genetic) groups. The articles in this volume deal with languages from each of the ten indigenous language groups of the Nuba Mountains. They also cover a wide range of topics, with a focus on descriptive linguistics. However, it is often impossible to put a particular contribution into one of the traditional linguistic boxes syntax – morphology – phonology. This is to be expected in pioneer studies of previously poorly researched languages. CONTENTS Thilo C. Schadeberg / Roger M. Blench: The Nuba Mountain languages – an introduction HEIBAN Sharon Rose: The morphological structure of the Moro verb Peter Jenks: Noun phrases in Moro Farrell Ackerman / John Moore: Objects in Moro Angelo Ngaloka Naser: Moro literacy education and language development Nicolas Quint: Integration of borrowed nouns in Koalib, a noun class language Thilo C. Schadeberg: Comparative constructions in Ebang (Heiban) Mariam Sharif: Production and protection of knowledge – language use, herbal medicine and health education in Heiban Locality TALODI John Vanderelst: Personal pronouns in Dagik (Talodi, Kordofanian) Thomas Kuku Alaki / Russell Norton: Tocho phonology and orthography Russell Norton: The Acheron vowel system – a participatory approach Heleen Smits: The locative-applicative suffix in Lumun KATLA Birgit Hellwig: Verbal morphology in Katla Suzan Alamin: Tima adjectives Abeer Bashir: Conditions on feature specification in Tima Gertrud Schneider-Blum: Personal pronouns in Tima Abdelrahim Hamid Mugaddam / Ashraf Kamal Abdelhay: Exploring the sociolinguistic profile of Tima in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan RASHAD Thilo C. Schadeberg: Rashad survey data LAFOFA Leif O. Manger: Seligman on the Lafofa – social organisation and some terminology NUBIAN Ali Ibrahim / Angelika Jakobi: Relative clauses in Taglennaa (Kordofan Nubian) Gumma Ibrahim Gulfan: Converbs in Taglennaa (Kordofan Nubian) Jade Comfort: Converbs in Uncunwee (Kordofan Nubian) Khaleel Ismail: The noun in Tabag (Kordofan Nubian) Khalifa Jabreldar Khalifa: Dilling – an endangered Nubian language Angelika Jakobi: Nubian kinship terms NYIMANG Ines Fiedler: Complex predicates in Ama DAJU Suzan Alamin: Verbs in Laggori Stefano Manfredi: Arabic borrowings in Laggori (Eastern Daju) TEMEIN Roger M. Blench: Introduction to the Temein languages KADU Leoma Gilley: Katcha noun morphology GENERAL Enrico Ille: Some linguistic expressions related to agricultural annual cycles in the Nuba Mountains (Miri, Krongo, Moro, Tira, Abol) Harald Hammarström: Noun class parallels in Kordofanian and Niger-Congo – evidence of genealogical inheritance? Roger M. Blench: Splitting up Kordofanian Weitere kordofanische Sprachen und Ethnien des Sudan werden in den folgenden Werken vorgestellt: „A Grammar of Dagik – A Kordofanian Language of Sudan“, ISBN 978-3-89645-566-6. „The Nominal and Verbal Morphology of Tima“, ISBN 978-3-89645-559-8. „The Phonology of Koalib – A Kordofanian Language of the Nuba Mountains (Sudan)“, ISBN 978-3-89645-552-9. „A Tima-English Dictionary – An Illustrated Lexicon of a Niger-Congo Language Spoken in the Nuba Mountains (Sudan), ISBN 978-3-89645-901-5. „The Tima of the Nuba Mountains (Sudan) – A Social Anthropological Study“, ISBN 978-3-89645-898-8. The Tima Language Committee: “Nayayirak tamaa dumurik [Speak Tima!]”, ISBN 978-3-89645-413-3. „Tira and Otoro – Two Kordofanian Grammars by Roland C. Stevenson“, ISBN 978-3-89645-173-6.

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