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82: Zialo: the Newly-Discovered
Mande Language of Guinea
Kirill Babaev
Russian
Academy of Science,
Moscow
The book
is the first grammar
description of the newly discovered language of Zialo, spoken by some
25,000
people in the Republic of Guinea in West Africa. The language belongs
to the
South-Western group of the Mande language family. Before 2010, no
grammar,
article or vocabulary of Zialo was ever published.
The book presents a survey of the language according to the contemporary standards of language descriptions. Phonology, morphonology, tonology, morphology and syntax are analysed, with a specific focus to the syntactic structure of the language. The book also gives a brief insight into the linguistic geography of Zialo, its dialectal diversity, neighbours and language contacts.
The book presents a survey of the language according to the contemporary standards of language descriptions. Phonology, morphonology, tonology, morphology and syntax are analysed, with a specific focus to the syntactic structure of the language. The book also gives a brief insight into the linguistic geography of Zialo, its dialectal diversity, neighbours and language contacts.
The description is supported by over 600
phrasal
examples, all of which are fully glossed according to the Leipzig rules
of
glossing. All word or phrase examples throughout the text are fully
tone-marked. The grammar is followed by Appendices including three
sample texts
in Zialo with glosses, he 100-item Swadesh list of basic lexicon, and
the Zialo
to English and French vocabulary, consisting of over 2,000 entries.
The bibliography list covers about 200 reference papers. The book contains two maps (of the South-Western Mande languages, and the Zialo language), three diagrams and over 30 charts.
The bibliography list covers about 200 reference papers. The book contains two maps (of the South-Western Mande languages, and the Zialo language), three diagrams and over 30 charts.
ISBN
9783862880164 (Hardbound).
LINCOM Studies in African Linguistics 82. 260pp.
2010.
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