https://refubium.fu-berlin.de/handle/fub188/17673 2026-04-29T13:41:38Z 2026-04-29T13:41:38Z Brindle, Jonathan https://refubium.fu-berlin.de/handle/fub188/22211 2019-11-26T09:01:06Z 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z

A dictionary and grammatical outline of Chakali Brindle, Jonathan This book is the first comprehensive monograph dedicated to Chakali, a Southwestern Grusi language spoken by less than 3500 people in northwest Ghana. The dictionary offers a consistent description of word meaning and provides the basis for future research in the linguistic area. It is also designed to provide an inventory of correspondence with English usage in a reversal index. The concepts used in the dictionary are explained in a grammar outline, which is of interest to specialists in Gur and Grusi linguistics, as well as any language researchers working in this part of the world.

2017-01-01T00:00:00Z Ali, Mark Grimm, Scott Bodomo, Adams https://refubium.fu-berlin.de/handle/fub188/30413.2 2021-09-02T09:17:04Z 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z

A dictionary and grammatical sketch of Dagaare Ali, Mark; Grimm, Scott; Bodomo, Adams This book presents an extensive dictionary of the Dagaare language (Niger-Congo; Gur (Mabia)), focussing on the dialect of Central Dagaare, spoken in the Upper West region of Ghana. The dictionary provides comprehensive definitions, example sentences and the English translations, phonetic forms, inflected forms, etymological notes as well as information dialectal variation. This work is intended as a resource for linguists, but also as a resource for Dagaare speakers. Also included is a grammatical sketch of Dagaare contributed by Prof. Adams Bodomo.

2021-01-01T00:00:00Z Namyalo, Saudah Witzlack-Makarevich, Alena Kiriggwajjo, Anatole Atuhairwe, Amos Molochieva, Zarina Gimbo Mukama, Ruth Zellers, Margaret https://refubium.fu-berlin.de/handle/fub188/32633 2022-06-10T14:42:20Z 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z

A dictionary and grammatical sketch of Ruruuli-Lunyala Namyalo, Saudah; Witzlack-Makarevich, Alena; Kiriggwajjo, Anatole; Atuhairwe, Amos; Molochieva, Zarina; Gimbo Mukama, Ruth; Zellers, Margaret This book is a dictionary and grammar sketch of Ruruuli-Lunyala, a Great Lakes Bantu language spoken by over 200,000 people in central Uganda. The dictionary part includes about 10,000 entries. Each lexical entry provides translations into English, example sentences, and basic grammatical information. The dictionary part is supplemented with an outline of the Ruruuli-Lunyala grammar, which treats most of the phonological and morpho-syntactic topics. This book is a result of a joined effort of a large team of linguists and many speakers of Ruruuli-Lunyala and is intended as a resource for linguists and Ruruuli-Lunyala speakers, learners, and educators.

2021-01-01T00:00:00Z Gunnink, Hilde https://refubium.fu-berlin.de/handle/fub188/35830 2022-08-11T01:06:52Z 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z

A grammar of Fwe Gunnink, Hilde This book provides a first-ever comprehensive overview of the grammatical structure of Fwe. Fwe is a Bantu language spoken on the border between Zambia and Namibia, by some 20,000 people. Very little previous documentation exists on the language, and the current description of Fwe is based exclusively on newly collected field data. It includes an analysis of the grammatical structure of Fwe, followed by basic cultural information on greetings, a Fwe narrative with its English translation, and a lexicon comprising some 2200 Fwe lexemes with their English translation. This book is intended as a resource for linguists, whether interested in African languages, Bantu languages, language typology, or general linguistics.

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