Author : Jonathan Brindle
Release : 2017-07-03
Genre : Ghana
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 916/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis A dictionary and grammatical outline of Chakali by : Jonathan Brindle
Download or read book A dictionary and grammatical outline of Chakali written by Jonathan Brindle. This book was released on 2017-07-03. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the first comprehensive monograph dedicated to Chakali, a Southwestern Grusi language spoken by less than 3500 people in northwest Ghana. The dictionary offers a consistent description of word meaning and provides the basis for future research in the linguistic area. It is also designed to provide an inventory of correspondence with English usage in a reversal index. The concepts used in the dictionary are explained in a grammar outline, which is of interest to specialists in Gur and Grusi linguistics, as well as any language researchers working in this part of the world.