Tondi Songway Kiini Reference Grammar and TSK-English-French Dictionary |
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| Author:
| Heath, Jeffrey |
| Series title: | Stanford Monographs in African Language Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-57586-505-8 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2005 |
| Publisher: | CSLI Publications/Center for the Study of Language & Information
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $47.50 |
Book Description:
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Only recently discovered by linguistic scholars, Tondi Songway Kiini (TSK) is a tonal language spoken in the small country of Mali in western Africa. Unlike other Songhay languages, TSK preserves the lexical and grammatical tones of its proto-language and also exhibits unique systems for the expression of focalization and relativization.
Tondi Songway Kiini is a valuable overview of the grammar of an African language with a tone system quite different from that of the more...
More DescriptionOnly recently discovered by linguistic scholars, Tondi Songway Kiini (TSK) is a tonal language spoken in the small country of Mali in western Africa. Unlike other Songhay languages, TSK preserves the lexical and grammatical tones of its proto-language and also exhibits unique systems for the expression of focalization and relativization. Tondi Songway Kiini is a valuable overview of the grammar of an African language with a tone system quite different from that of the more familiar Bantu system. It is also an irreplaceable guide to the grammar and meanings of this unusual African language.