A Grammatical Sketch of N/uuki [N|uuki] with Stories
Author: Chris Collins, Levi Namaseb. Series edited by: Rainer Voßen.
Series: QKF Research in Khoisan Studies Volume 25
2011115 pp.
numerous tables and charts
Text language(s): English
Format: 160 x 240 mm
240 g
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N/uuki [N|uuki] is a nearly extinct Southern Khoisan language spoken by a few elderly people (Crawhall 2005 states 12 speakers) in and around the town of Upington / South Africa in the Northern Cape. The word N|uu is a verb meaning to speak the language described in this grammar; nowadays, both N|uu and N|uuki are used to refer to the language. This grammar is largely based on the western N|uuki dialect.
The primary field work for this grammatical sketch was carried out in the years of 2004, 2005, and 2007. In addition, Levi Namaseb has made yearly field trips for the purpose of recording oral texts and teaching the language to the youth since 1998.
N|uuki is a tonal language, each word must be pronounced with a particular tone (e.g. high, low, rising). Tone levels are not indicated in this grammar, because the tonal system has not been worked out yet. Further, there has been no phonological study of vowel length in N|uuki, and so indications of vowel length must be taken as very preliminary. The grammar of N|uuki shares a number of properties with the other Khoisan languages. For example, all non-central Khoisan languages make use of the linker described in chapter 12, and serial verbs described in chapter 15.
In order to illustrate various aspects of N|uuki grammar, the authors include four transcribed stories in the Appendix. One of those stories is presented in Appendix 2 in a preliminary orthography.
Under these links you will find publications by Chris Collins and descriptions of further Khoisan languages:
Accompanying material:
- A Grammar of #Hoa [ǂHȍã]
(ISBN 978-3-89645-876-6 ) - A Grammatical Sketch of Kuasi (Botswana)
(ISBN 978-3-89645-882-7 ) - Khoisan Languages and Linguistics – 4th Symposium 2011
(ISBN 978-3-89645-880-3 ) - Khoisan Languages and Linguistics – 5th Symposium 2014
(ISBN 978-3-89645-878-0 ) - Sasi Dictionary (Botswana)
(ISBN 978-3-89645-883-4 )
Cross-reference:
- A Concise Grammar of Ju/'hoan [Ju|’hoan]
(ISBN 978-3-89645-145-3 ) - A Grammar of Modern Khwe (Central Khoisan)
(ISBN 978-3-89645-863-6 ) - Eastern and Southern African Khoisan
(ISBN 978-3-89645-142-2 ) - Namibian Languages
(ISBN 978-3-89645-080-7 ) - Southern African Khoisan Kinship Systems
(ISBN 978-3-89645-874-2 ) - The !Xun Language
(ISBN 978-3-89645-877-3 ) - The Tonology of Khoekhoe (Nama/Damara)
(ISBN 978-3-89645-144-6 )
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