The Nubi language of Uganda : an Arabic Creole in Africa / by Ineke Wellens.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wellens, Inneke Hilda Werner.

Series:

Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics 45.

Studies in Semitic languages and linguistics, 0081-8461 ; vol. 45

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nubi language--Uganda.

Nubi language.

Creole dialects, Arabic--Uganda.

Creole dialects, Arabic.

Uganda.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 443 pages)

Place of Publication:

Boston : Brill, 2005.

Summary:

The Nubi language is spoken in Uganda and Kenya. Nubi is Arabic, since about 90% of its vocabulary is of an Arabic nature. It is often termed a creole, since many of its structural and developmental features resemble those of known creoles. The growth and development of the Nubi language must be situated near Lake Albert towards the end of the nineteenth century. This period is well documented and is described at length in the first part. This volume also provides a detailed description of the Nubi language of Uganda, and it deals with the development of the language and searches for the relevant Arabic source dialects. The book includes more than one thousand examples and several texts, recorded by the author during two extensive periods of field research.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

HISTORICAL AND LINGUISTIC BACKGROUND

PHONOLOGY

THE NOUN PHRASE

THE VERB PHRASE

OTHER WORD CLASSES

CLAUSE STRUCTURE

NUBI, FROM A DIACHRONIC AND COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE

TEXTS

REFERENCES

INDEX

STUDIES IN SEMITIC LANGUAGES AND LINGUISTICS.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [431]-439) and index.

ISBN:

9789047416227

9047416228

OCLC:

60972172

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789047416227 DOI