Nominal and verbal plurality in the Mandara and Ɓata subgroups of Central Chadic

This paper contrasts the strategies for marking nominal and verbal plurality in the Mandara and Ɓata subgroups of Central Chadic, and offers some thoughts on their possible origin and development. The Mandara subgroup generally uses an /-a-/ infix for verbs, and the suffix /-ak/-ax/-ah/ for nouns....

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Main Author: Matthew Harley
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Hamburg University Press 2021-12-01
Series:Afrika und Übersee
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Online Access:https://journals.sub.uni-hamburg.de/hup1/afrikaunduebersee/article/view/223