Genetic relationship and the case of Ma'a Mbugu

This paper addresses the general question of genetic vs. nongenetic language development, in the context of a structural and historical discussion of Ma'a (Mbugu), a language with Cushitic basic vocabulary that is spoken in Tanzania. The grammatical structure of Ma'a is compared to charact...

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Autor principal:	Sarah G. Thomason
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Lenguaje:	EN FR
Publicado:	LibraryPress@UF 1983
Materias:	diachrony Ma'a Mbugu Cushitic Bantu Philology. Linguistics P1-1091
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:4fc23ce43b5f4ea5b4ab22b2644e69772021-11-19T03:55:41ZGenetic relationship and the case of Ma'a Mbugu10.32473/sal.v14i2.1075310039-35332154-428Xhttps://doaj.org/article/4fc23ce43b5f4ea5b4ab22b2644e69771983-08-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.flvc.org/sal/article/view/107531https://doaj.org/toc/0039-3533https://doaj.org/toc/2154-428XThis paper addresses the general question of genetic vs. nongenetic language development, in the context of a structural and historical discussion of Ma'a (Mbugu), a language with Cushitic basic vocabulary that is spoken in Tanzania. The grammatical structure of Ma'a is compared to characteristic Cushitic and Bantu structures. The conclusion that emerges from this comparison is that Ma'a probably does not have enough Cushitic grammar to qualify as a Cushitic language in the full genetic sense; and if it does not, its origin must be nongenetic. The final section of the paper seeks to determine the particular route of nongenetic development that Ma'a has followed, using the direct evidence of published comments about its speakers' history and the indirect evidence of comparison with other languages whose origin is nongenetic or, like Ma'a, on the borderline between genetic and nongenetic.Sarah G. ThomasonLibraryPress@UFarticlediachronyMa'aMbuguCushiticBantuPhilology. LinguisticsP1-1091ENFRStudies in African Linguistics, Vol 14, Iss 2 (1983)
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topic	diachrony Ma'a Mbugu Cushitic Bantu Philology. Linguistics P1-1091
spellingShingle	diachrony Ma'a Mbugu Cushitic Bantu Philology. Linguistics P1-1091 Sarah G. Thomason Genetic relationship and the case of Ma'a Mbugu
description	This paper addresses the general question of genetic vs. nongenetic language development, in the context of a structural and historical discussion of Ma'a (Mbugu), a language with Cushitic basic vocabulary that is spoken in Tanzania. The grammatical structure of Ma'a is compared to characteristic Cushitic and Bantu structures. The conclusion that emerges from this comparison is that Ma'a probably does not have enough Cushitic grammar to qualify as a Cushitic language in the full genetic sense; and if it does not, its origin must be nongenetic. The final section of the paper seeks to determine the particular route of nongenetic development that Ma'a has followed, using the direct evidence of published comments about its speakers' history and the indirect evidence of comparison with other languages whose origin is nongenetic or, like Ma'a, on the borderline between genetic and nongenetic.
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title_short	Genetic relationship and the case of Ma'a Mbugu
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Genetic relationship and the case of Ma'a Mbugu

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