A diachronic analysis of Ndut vowel harmony

Ndut is spoken in Senegal and belongs to the Cangin languages, a subgroup of the (West-) Atlantic languages (Sapir 1971). Unlike the other Cangin languages Noon, Laala and Saafi, Ndut, as well as closely related Pal or, exhibits apparently bidirectional vowel harmony. However, a phonological analysi...

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Autor principal:	Ursula Drolc
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Publicado:	LibraryPress@UF 2004
Materias:	Ndut Cangin Pal vowel harmony Wolof Philology. Linguistics P1-1091
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:766c87c33dd64859806bd8e80821ab2b2021-11-19T03:53:17ZA diachronic analysis of Ndut vowel harmony10.32473/sal.v33i1.1073380039-35332154-428Xhttps://doaj.org/article/766c87c33dd64859806bd8e80821ab2b2004-06-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.flvc.org/sal/article/view/107338https://doaj.org/toc/0039-3533https://doaj.org/toc/2154-428XNdut is spoken in Senegal and belongs to the Cangin languages, a subgroup of the (West-) Atlantic languages (Sapir 1971). Unlike the other Cangin languages Noon, Laala and Saafi, Ndut, as well as closely related Pal or, exhibits apparently bidirectional vowel harmony. However, a phonological analysis suggests that there are two independent phenomena that have to be kept separate: regressive vowel assimilation, which is probably a very archaic feature of the Atlantic languages, and progressive root-controlled harmony, which may be a contact-induced innovation. In Senegal, the dominant language is Wolof, a Senegambian language that is part of a different subgroup of Atlantic languages. As Wolof is the major medium of interethnic communication, most Ndut speakers are Wolof-bilingual. Consequently, contact-induced language changes are likely to appear in Ndut.Ursula DrolcLibraryPress@UFarticleNdutCanginPalvowel harmonyWolofPhilology. LinguisticsP1-1091ENFRStudies in African Linguistics, Vol 33, Iss 1 (2004)
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topic	Ndut Cangin Pal vowel harmony Wolof Philology. Linguistics P1-1091
spellingShingle	Ndut Cangin Pal vowel harmony Wolof Philology. Linguistics P1-1091 Ursula Drolc A diachronic analysis of Ndut vowel harmony
description	Ndut is spoken in Senegal and belongs to the Cangin languages, a subgroup of the (West-) Atlantic languages (Sapir 1971). Unlike the other Cangin languages Noon, Laala and Saafi, Ndut, as well as closely related Pal or, exhibits apparently bidirectional vowel harmony. However, a phonological analysis suggests that there are two independent phenomena that have to be kept separate: regressive vowel assimilation, which is probably a very archaic feature of the Atlantic languages, and progressive root-controlled harmony, which may be a contact-induced innovation. In Senegal, the dominant language is Wolof, a Senegambian language that is part of a different subgroup of Atlantic languages. As Wolof is the major medium of interethnic communication, most Ndut speakers are Wolof-bilingual. Consequently, contact-induced language changes are likely to appear in Ndut.
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A diachronic analysis of Ndut vowel harmony

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