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*Dinka has a fusional morphology | *Dinka has a fusional morphology | ||
*I was able to find multiple texts easily online | *I was able to find multiple texts easily online | ||
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[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinka_language Wikipedia], [https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/jall-2017-0001/html#:~:text=The%20Western%20Nilotic%20language%20Dinka,Dinka%20a%20highly%20fusional%20language. Morphology], [http://www.rogerblench.info/Language/Nilo-Saharan/Nilotic/Comparative%20Dinka%20lexicon%20converted.pdf English-Dinka Dictionary] | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinka_language Wikipedia], [https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/jall-2017-0001/html#:~:text=The%20Western%20Nilotic%20language%20Dinka,Dinka%20a%20highly%20fusional%20language. Morphology], [http://www.rogerblench.info/Language/Nilo-Saharan/Nilotic/Comparative%20Dinka%20lexicon%20converted.pdf English-Dinka Dictionary] | ||
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Revision as of 15:45, 24 January 2023
Partner info
I would like to work with someone that has more linguistics experience since I personally have more computer science experience.
Languages Info
Languages that I would like to work with:
- Dolgan
- Wolof
- Dinka
Dolgan
- Dolgan is a Turkic language
- According to 2010 census, there are around 1,100 native speakers.
- This language is native to Russia, specifically the Taymyr Peninsula
- Dolgan has an agglutinative morphology
- Speakers of this language would most likely know Russian as well
- I was able to find a translated text and a grammar guide with ease
Wolof
- Wolof is native to Senegal, Mauritania, and Gambia
- There are 5,454,000 native speakers
- Speakers of this language might also understand French, English, or Arabic
- There is a dialect of Wolof that is a mixture of English and Arabic, Dakar
- Wolof has an agglutinative morphology
- I was able to find translated texts or websites with translated phrases easily
Dinka
- Dinka is native to Sudan/South Sudan
- There are 1.3 million native speakers
- Speakers of this language might also know any of the Lou languages as well as the Nuer language
- Dinka has a fusional morphology
- I was able to find multiple texts easily online
- There is a Dinka grammar book available on Tripod
