Roger Blench:
language materials
The papers here primarily concern African languages. Most of this material is my own, but some data provided by other scholars is also included.
The primary division is by language phylum. Apart from individual phyla, a broad category of World covers non-African topics.
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Niger-Congo |
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Nilo-Saharan |
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Afroasiatic |
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Khoesan |
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Austronesian |
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Isolates |
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Austroasiatic |
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Tasmanian |
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Amerindian |
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World |
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Subgroup(s) |
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General |
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Westermann re-analysis |
Unpublished |
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General |
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Niger-Congo language map |
Published |
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Dogon |
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Dogon Page |
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Ijoid |
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Ijoid Page |
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Kordofanian |
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Kordofanian page |
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Mande |
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Atlantic |
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Kru |
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Pre/Mbre |
Pre |
Analysed Pre wordlist |
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Gur |
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Gur page |
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Adamawa-Ubangian |
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Adamawa-Ubangian pages |
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Kwa |
/Akanic |
Kwa page |
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West Benue-Congo |
Igboid/Edoid /Yoruboid etc. |
West Benue-Congo page |
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East Benue-Congo |
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East Benue-Congo page |
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General |
Comparative East Benue-Congo |
Unpublished |
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Benue-Congo
Comparative Wordlist |
New version |
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Plateau |
Plateau page |
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Jukunoid |
Jukunoid |
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Cross River |
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Dakoid |
Dakoid |
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Bantoid |
Bantoid |
Bantoid page |
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Bantu |
Bantu |
Bantu page |
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A. General
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Paper/graphic Title |
Click to download PDF version |
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Nilo-Saharan classification |
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Review of Ehret (2001) |
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Nilo-Saharan language map |
I have published or have in press three papers discussing the evidence for a Niger-Saharan macrophylum, i.e. one which would unite Nilo-Saharan and Niger-Congo. These papers have been synthesised in a single document, a book manuscript I am preparing. These can be downloaded as follows;
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Download PDF version |
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Niger-Saharan 1 (1992) |
Published |
1995 |
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Niger-Saharan 2 (1998) |
in press |
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Niger-Saharan 3 (2001) |
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2007 |
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Niger-Saharan Book |
in progress |
n.d. |
It rather looks as if Niger-Saharan 2 will never be published
B. Kadu
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Title |
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Download PDF version |
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Katcha dictionary |
Unpublished |
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Kayigang wordlist |
Unpublished |
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Kadu languages overview |
Published |
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Comparative Kadu wordlists |
Unpublished |
C. Central Sudanic
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Title |
Status |
Download PDF version |
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Central Sudanic language map |
Published |
D. Eastern Sudanic
Nilotic
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Title |
Click to download PDF version |
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Dinka dictionary |
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English Dinka dictionary |
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Mabaan dictionary |
E. Saharan
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Title |
Click to download PDF version |
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Manga dictionary |
Go to Afroasiatic page
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Document |
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Download PDF version |
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Khoesan languages map |
Published |
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Hadza animal names.
Handout, 3rd International Khoisan Worskhop, Riezlern, 7-9th
July, 2008 |
In press |
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Hadza animal names. Powerpoint |
Unpublished |
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Paper Title |
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Click to download |
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The origins of domestic
and translocated animals in |
Conference paper |
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Malagasy fish names |
Unpublished |
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Malagasy wild animal names (XI ICAL) June 2009 |
Conference paper |
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Paper Title |
Click to see PDF version or download |
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Baŋgi me, a language of unknown affiliation in Northern Mali |
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Mpra, a relic language of northern |
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Shompen, a language of the |
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Go to Africa general page
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Paper Title |
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Click to see PDF version |
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Aslian linguistic history |
Conference paper, Siem Reap 2006 |
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Paper Title |
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Stratification in the peopling of |
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Region |
Paper Title |
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Click to download |
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Re-evaluating the
linguistic prehistory of |
Published |
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Tasmanian
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Paper Title |
Status |
Click to see PDF version or download |
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Classification of Tasmanian |
Unpublished |
12. Amerindian
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Paper Title |
Status |
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The pattern of Amerindian languages |
Presented
at: OMLL Workshop: New Directions in Historical Linguistics |
13. World
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Paper Title |
Status |
Click to see PDF version or download |
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Lateral fricatives in |
Conference paper |
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From the mountains to the valleys: understanding
ethnolinguistic geography in |
Published |
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Agriculture and
phylic dispersals ; re-evaluating the evidence. Presented at the meeting
‘Us and Them: Modelling past genetic, linguistic, and cultural boundaries’. |
Unpublished |
English and Pidgin
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Click to see PDF version or download |
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Signs forbidding Pidgin English |
Unpublished slideshow |
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Dictionary of |
Unpublished document |