The Nubi language of Uganda : : an Arabic Creole in Africa / / by Ineke Wellens.
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 sit...
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Superior document: | Studies in Semitic languages and linguistics ; Volume 45 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Leiden, The Netherlands ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2005] ©2005 |
Year of Publication: | 2005 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Studies in Semitic languages and linguistics ;
Volume 45. |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvi, 443 pages) |
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Table of 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.