- AutorIn
- Meikal Mumin
- Gerrit J. Dimmendaal
- Titel
- A brief sketch of Chimiini with special focus on contact-induced phenomena
- Zitierfähige Url:
- https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa2-709659
- Quellenangabe
- Swahili Forum - 26.2019 - Special Issue Herausgeber: Universität Leipzig
Erscheinungsort: Leipzig
Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
Jahrgang: 26
Seiten: 89-121
ISSN: 1614-2373 - Erstveröffentlichung
- 2019
- Abstract (EN)
- Chimiini is an Eastern Bantu language which until recently was spoken exclusively by inhabitants of Brava, a coastal town of Southern Somalia (hence its alternative name, Bravanese). As illustrated in this paper, it shows traces of contact with northern varieties of Swahili such as Amu, Siu, Pate, and Mvita, to which it is closely related, and also of contact with the Cushitic languages Somali, Tunni, to Bajuni, as well as the Semitic language Arabic, and Italian and English. As further shown below, variation within Chimiini also reflects emblematic features of specific clans and lineages within the speech community. In addition, differences from earlier accounts of this language concerning the interpretation of its phonological and morphosyntactic structure are discussed in this paper.
- Freie Schlagwörter (EN)
- apico-alveolar, borrowing, conjoint/disjoint distinction, lamino-alveolar, paralexification
- Herausgeber (Institution)
- Universität Leipzig
- Version / Begutachtungsstatus
- publizierte Version / Verlagsversion
- URN Qucosa
- urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa2-709659
- Veröffentlichungsdatum Qucosa
- 15.06.2020
- Dokumenttyp
- Artikel
- Sprache des Dokumentes
- Englisch