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Vowel quality alternation in Mabaan and its Western Nilotic history

Journal of African Languages and Linguistics, 1999
Mabaan differs from other Western Nilotic languages by not using anything like the feature [ATR] or [breathy] in the overall organisation of its vowel system. On the other hand, however, Mabaan is similar to many other Western Nilotic languages in using vowel alternation in the derivational morphology of verbal roots.
Torben Andersen
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Layers of number inflection in Mabaan (Western Nilotic)

Journal of African Languages and Linguistics, 2006
In Mabaan, a Western Nilotic language, there are several singular and plural number suffixes. However, many singular nouns have no segmentally distinct suffix, but have a root-final nasal which corresponds to a root-final homorganic plosive in the plural.
Torben Andersen
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Nilotic Lakes of the Western Rift

2009
The nilotic lakes associated with the Western Rift are separated from the more southerly lakes Kivu and Tanganyika by the Virunga volcanoes. They include three small lakes in the Kigezi highlands, and three large lakes, George, Edward and Albert in the valley.
Jim. Green
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Voice-Quality Harmony in Western Nilotic Languages

1980
L. Jacobson
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The Obligation Modality in Western Nilotic Languages

1995
Edith L. Bavin
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Morphophonological Number Marking in Luo

International Journal of Language & Linguistics
This study discusses morphophonological number marking in Luo, a western Nilotic language spoken in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, South Sudan, and Ethiopia.
Waryoba Paschal Waryoba
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Morphology of intransitive verbs in the Agar dialect of Dinka

Journal of African Languages and Linguistics
This article describes the morphology of intransitive verbs in the Agar dialect of Dinka, a Western Nilotic language which exhibits an extreme degree of non-concatenative morphology. Intransitive verbs comprise three groups: verbs that are clearly simple,
Torben Andersen
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Some remarkable features of Regariik (Northern Burun, Western Nilotic)

2022
Regariik is in some respects remarkably different from other languages in the Burun branch of Western Nilotic. In monosyllabic content words there is no surface contrast between short and long vowels. Tones are the opposite of those of other Northern Burun languages. A category of gender exists in the pronominal systems.
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How Long do Linguistic Areas Last? Western Nilotic Grammars in Contact1

2007
Abstract Investigations into the realms and limitations of linguistic areas may take on diffierent forms. The most obvious one, perhaps, would be to dene a geographic area or region which is characterized by the occurrence of similar grammatical techniques and common typological patterns in a number of otherwise probably unrelated ...
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When Philippine-type voice meets Indo-European-type voice: insights from Puyuma

Journal of East Asian linguistics, 2022
Victoria Chen
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