Linguistic Variation as an Indicator of Historical Relations and Language Contact: A Comparative grammar of four Mara Bantu languages (Tanzania)

Research summary

The project Linguistic Variation as an Indicator of Historical Relations and Language Contact: A comparative grammar of four Mara Bantu languages (Tanzania) provides a description of four minority Bantu languages spoken in the Mara region of Tanzania. The aim is especially to study the effects of language contact in the region and its implications for historical-comparative research within Bantu as well as more generally in historical linguistics.

Description

Research info

Research title
Linguistic Variation as an Indicator of Historical Relations and Language Contact: A Comparative grammar of four Mara Bantu languages (Tanzania)

Research timeline
1.1.2016 - 1.12.2019

Keywords
Bantu languages language contact Language Development Linguistic variation Tanzania

Region
Africa

Countries
Tanzania, United Republic Of

Institution
University of Helsinki
Department of World Cultures
Helsinki, Finland

Funding instrument
Other, Ministry for Foreign Affairs (ICI, HEI-ICI, N-S-S)

Head of research
Lotta Aunio

Research team
Hannah Gibson, Antti Laine, Tim Roth

Partners
SOAS

Contact information
Lotta Aunio
+358505679322
lotta.aunio@helsinki.fi
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Record last updated
18.10.2016