Kanembu-Kanuri relationship: a proposal
- The paper takes recourse to oral tradition and linguistics to ascertain the assertion that the presentday Kanuri and Kanembu speech forms emerged from the same parent language. In determining the parent language, the descriptions of the various components (i.e. clans and ethnic groups) of Kanuri and Kanembu are given as a first basis and the relation of each dialect of Kanuri and Kanembu to the other (i.e. dialect contiguity) is demonstrated as a second basis. Taking into consideration the sociolinguistic background of both Kanuri and Kanembu, the brief history of their divergence, the strong contention of the Borno Ulama and the dialect contiguity of the data presented, the paper concludes that Kanuri and Kanembu are initially one and the same language with ancient classical Kanembu being the parent language.
| Author: | Shettima Umara Bulakarima |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30-35269 |
| Parent Title (German): | Berichte des Sonderforschungsbereichs 268 |
| Series (Serial Number): | Berichte des Sonderforschungsbereichs 268 (08, 037) |
| Publisher: | SFB 268 |
| Place of publication: | Frankfurt, M. |
| Document Type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Date of Publication (online): | 2006/12/14 |
| Year of first Publication: | 1996 |
| Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
| Release Date: | 2006/12/14 |
| Volume: | 8 |
| Page Number: | 10 |
| First Page: | 37 |
| Last Page: | 46 |
| HeBIS-PPN: | 289297664 |
| Institutes: | Zentrale Einrichtung / SFB 268 |
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | 4 Sprache / 49 Andere Sprachen / 490 Andere Sprachen |
| Licence (German): |  Deutsches Urheberrecht |
