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In: The Oxford Handbook of African Languages ; https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-03090328 ; Vossen, Rainer; Dimmendaal, Gerrit. The Oxford Handbook of African Languages, Oxford University Press, pp.644-653, 2020, 9780199609895. ⟨10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199609895.013.77⟩ ; https://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/view/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199609895.001.0001/oxfordhb-9780199609895-e-77 (2020)
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International audience ; Songhay is a language group of the West African Sahel region with more than four million speakers, distributed mainly in western Niger and northeastern Mali along the Niger River, but including outlying pockets scattered as far afield as Algeria, Ghana, and Sudan. Strong contact effects along the periphery—notably involving Berber in the north and Bariba and Hausa in the southeast, and Mande languages at an earlier stage—have resulted in a remarkable situation where different varieties may have nearly identical basic vocabularies but conspicuously different typologies. Cladistic and lexical evidence shows that much of the observed variation reflects contact influences quite different from those obtaining today. This chapter examines particularly morphology and syntax across the family. Special attention is given to innovations distinguishing the three principal subgroups (Eastern, Western, and Northern), and to the motivations for these changes.
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[SHS.LANGUE]Humanities and Social Sciences/Linguistics; [SHS]Humanities and Social Sciences; Language contact; Songhay; Sound change
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URL: https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199609895.013.77 https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-03090328
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In: https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-02983132 ; Reiner Vossen & Gerrit Dimmendaal. Oxford University Press, pp.451-462, 2020, The Oxford Handbook of African Languages, ⟨10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199609895.013.66⟩ (2020)
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The Oxford Handbook of African Languages
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In: https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-02983130 ; Reiner Vossen & Gerrit Dimmendaal. Oxford University Press, pp.451-462, 2020, The Oxford Handbook of African Languages, ⟨10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199609895.013.66⟩ (2020)
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In: The Oxford Handbook of African Languages ; https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-03090328 ; Vossen, Rainer; Dimmendaal, Gerrit. The Oxford Handbook of African Languages, Oxford University Press, pp.644-653, 2020, 9780199609895. ⟨10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199609895.013.77⟩ ; https://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/view/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199609895.001.0001/oxfordhb-9780199609895-e-77 (2020)
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In: https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-02983130 ; Reiner Vossen & Gerrit Dimmendaal. Oxford University Press, pp.451-462, 2020, The Oxford Handbook of African Languages, ⟨10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199609895.013.66⟩ (2020)
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