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Some Hypotheses About Possible Isolates within the Atlantic Branch of the Niger-Congo Phylum

Year: 2010

Type: article

Abstract: In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt:This paper deals with the status of some potential isolates, i.e. languages that have no more than 20% of common basic vocabulary with any other so-called Atlantic language (from the figures in Sapir 1971). Four candidates may be proposed: Bijogo, Nalu, Sua and Limba. To these we may Bayot, which we will examine in more detail (data from Diagne 2009).

Source: Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society

DOI: 10.3765/bls.v36i1.3924

Author: Guillaume Segerer

Institutions: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Langage, langues et cultures d'Afrique

Language: English

Topic: Linguistics and language evolution

Subfield: Language and Linguistics

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W2297126229

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Cites: 8

Cited by: 40

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