From Elmolo to Gura Pau: A remembered Cushitic language of Lake Turkana and its possible revitalization

This article discusses the “extinct” Elmolo language of the Lake Turkana area in Kenya. A surprisingly large amount of the vocabulary of this Cushitic language (whose community shifted to Nilotic Samburu in the 20th century), far from being lost and forgotten, is still known and is, to a certain ext...

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Autor principal:	Mauro Tosco
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Publicado:	LibraryPress@UF 2015
Materias:	Elmolo Cushitic language revitalization language classification Philology. Linguistics P1-1091
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:fa6aafb7ffeb4493a68f01dc4b4b05d92021-11-19T03:52:20ZFrom Elmolo to Gura Pau: A remembered Cushitic language of Lake Turkana and its possible revitalization10.32473/sal.v44i2.1072580039-35332154-428Xhttps://doaj.org/article/fa6aafb7ffeb4493a68f01dc4b4b05d92015-06-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.flvc.org/sal/article/view/107258https://doaj.org/toc/0039-3533https://doaj.org/toc/2154-428XThis article discusses the “extinct” Elmolo language of the Lake Turkana area in Kenya. A surprisingly large amount of the vocabulary of this Cushitic language (whose community shifted to Nilotic Samburu in the 20th century), far from being lost and forgotten, is still known and is, to a certain extent, still used. The Cushitic material contains both specialized vocabulary (for the most part related to fishing) and miscellaneous and general words, mostly basic lexicon. It is this part of the lexicon that is the basis of recent revitalization efforts currently undertaken by the community in response to the changing political situation in the area. The article describes the Cushitic material still found among the Elmolo and discusses the current revitalization efforts (in which the author has, albeit marginally, taken part), pinpointing its difficulties and uncertain results. The article is followed by a glossary listing all the Cushitic words still in use or remembered by at least a part of the community.Mauro ToscoLibraryPress@UFarticleElmoloCushiticlanguage revitalizationlanguage classificationPhilology. LinguisticsP1-1091ENFRStudies in African Linguistics, Vol 44, Iss 2 (2015)
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description	This article discusses the “extinct” Elmolo language of the Lake Turkana area in Kenya. A surprisingly large amount of the vocabulary of this Cushitic language (whose community shifted to Nilotic Samburu in the 20th century), far from being lost and forgotten, is still known and is, to a certain extent, still used. The Cushitic material contains both specialized vocabulary (for the most part related to fishing) and miscellaneous and general words, mostly basic lexicon. It is this part of the lexicon that is the basis of recent revitalization efforts currently undertaken by the community in response to the changing political situation in the area. The article describes the Cushitic material still found among the Elmolo and discusses the current revitalization efforts (in which the author has, albeit marginally, taken part), pinpointing its difficulties and uncertain results. The article is followed by a glossary listing all the Cushitic words still in use or remembered by at least a part of the community.
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title	From Elmolo to Gura Pau: A remembered Cushitic language of Lake Turkana and its possible revitalization
title_short	From Elmolo to Gura Pau: A remembered Cushitic language of Lake Turkana and its possible revitalization
title_full	From Elmolo to Gura Pau: A remembered Cushitic language of Lake Turkana and its possible revitalization
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From Elmolo to Gura Pau: A remembered Cushitic language of Lake Turkana and its possible revitalization

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