Modern Tera - English - Hausa Dictionary

Mohammed Aminu Mu’azu & Maimuna Adamu Magaji
University of Maiduguri

Tera is an endangered Chadic Language spoken in the north and eastern parts of Gombe and Borno States in Nigeria. The dictionary is based on real data collected from native speakers from different villages in the two states where the language is predominantly spoken and it contains alternative forms used by speakers from the entire Tera domain. It is co-authored by a native speaker of the language who has a good command of the language and who speaks the language fluently.

The Modern Tera-English-Hausa Dictionary is the very first dictionary of its kind on the language. It goes beyond the existing glossaries of the language. In addition, to giving English and Hausa translations, an equivalent of several entries provides the user with explanations, examples showing the context in which words are used, as well as grammatical information of the lexical items.

Mohammed Aminu Mu’azu is professor of Linguistics in the Department of Languages and Linguistics, University of Maiduguri-Nigeria. Maimuna Adamu Magaji is a Graduate of English and Linguistics, University of Maiduguri-Nigeria.

ISBN 9783862885176. Languages of the World/Dictionaries 49. 178pp. 2015.

Modern Tula-English-Hausa Dictionary

A practical dictionary of Tula with English and Hausa meanings

Tula-English-Hausa
English-Tula
Hausa-Tula

Mohammed Aminu Mu’azu & Hannatu Ibrahim Polo
University of Maiduguri

The dictionary is written on the Tula Language. The word “Tula” refers both to the kingdom as well as the language. According to oral tradition, the Tula people are believed to be among the earliest linguistic group that migrated from middle-East (Egypt) to their present area (Gombe state) in Nigeria. Tula is classified under the Adamawa eastern group of languages, subgroup of the Niger-Kordofanian phylum.

The Modern Tula-English-Hausa Dictionary is the very first dictionary of its kind on the language. It has been observed that the dictionary analysis goes beyond the existing glossaries of the language. Apart from the English and Hausa translations, equivalents of several entries are enumerated with explanations. Examples and illustrations are given showing the context in which some words and their grammatical class can occur and are used.

Mohammed Aminu Mu’azu is professor of Linguistics in the Department of Languages and Linguistics, University of Maiduguri-Nigeria. Mrs Hannatu Ibrahim Polo is a Graduate of English and Linguistics, University of Maiduguri-Nigeria.

ISBN 9783862885183. Languages of the World/Dictionaries 50. 112pp. 2015.

Modern Kilba-English Dictionary

A practical dictionary of Kilba with English meaning

Kilba-English
English-Kilba

Mohammed Aminu Mu’azu & Nyandaiti Parry Anita
University of Maiduguri

Kilba language is classified under the Chadic group of languages, subgroup of the Afro-Asiatic phylum. It belongs to Bata – Marghi group, which includes Bura, Chibok, Tera, Hona, Higi, Guɗe and Holma, just to mention but a few. The above languages are closely related, characterized by almost identical sound systems. They have similarities in morphology and syntax with high percentage of shared vocabulary.

This bi-lingual dictionary entitled Modern Kilba-English Dictionary is the first dictionary of its kind on the language. The dictionary analysis consists of glossaries of the language. Apart from the English translations, equivalents of several entries are given. Likewise, illustrations showing words that are borrowed from Hausa language are also accounted for in the dictionary.

Mohammed Aminu Mu’azu is professor of Linguistics in the Department of Languages and Linguistics, University of Maiduguri-Nigeria. Nyandaiti Parry Anita is a Graduate of English and Linguistics, of the Department of Languages and Linguistics, University of Maiduguri-Nigeria.

ISBN 9783862885190. Languages of the World/Dictionaries 51. 109pp. 2015.

Animales y plantas del pueblo kakataibo

Diccionario trilingüe (kakataibo, español, inglés) con identificaciones biológicas, índice alfabético castellano-kakataibo, clasificación semántica, nombres regionales y definiciones etnobiológicas

Roberto Zariquiey y David W. Fleck
Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú

Con la colaboración de Alfredo Estrella; Emilio Estrella; Salomón Estrella; Ricardo Odicio y Ricardo Pereira

Animales y plantas del pueblo kakataibo is a trilingual (Kakataibo-Spanish-English) ethnobiological dictionary, which includes biological identifications, Regional Spanish names and ethnobiological definitions produced following an innovative methodology, based on a close collaboration between Kakataibo speakers, linguists and biologists. The dictionary also includes a Spanish-Kakataibo alphabetic index and a semantic classification of all the entries, based on biological taxonomy. The book is the result of two years of collaborative work and, during this time, an interdisciplinar and intercultural research team has documented the ethnobiological knowledge of the Kakataibo people, manifested in different discourse genres (from traditional narratives to medical recipies) and has developed a very detailed lexical database from which this dictionary has been produced. With more than 1250 entries, Animales y plantas del pueblo kakataibo constitutes the most ambicious effort for documenting the ethnobiological lexicon of the Kakataibo language and is perhaps one of the largest ethnobiological dictionaries available for any other Amazonian language.

ISBN 9783862885206 (Hardbound). Languages of the World/Dictionaries 52. 266pp. 2013.

Kibaku (Chibok)-English Dictionary

Kibaku (Chibok)-English
English - Kibaku(Chibok)

Mohammed Aminu Mu’azu & Rahila Abana
University of Maiduguri

The Kibaku (Chibok) language is one of the endangered Nigerian languages spoken in Borno state. The 2006 census puts the population of Kibaku (Chibok) at about sixty six thousand one hundred and five (66,105). Greenberg (1963) classified Kibaku (Chibok) under the Chadic group of languages, a sub group of the Afro-Asiatic phylum. It is classified as a member of Bata – Marghi group, which includes Kilba, Bura, Marghi, Hona, Higi, Gude and Holma.

This dictionary entitled: Kibaku (Chibok)-English Dictionary is the first dictionary of its kind on the language. The dictionary analysis consists of glossaries of the language. Apart from the English translations, equivalents of several entries are given. In addition, English-Kibaku (Chibok) vocabulary is also provided.

Mohammed Aminu Mu’azu is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Maiduguri-Nigeria. Rahila Abana is a Graduate of Linguistics/English, University of Maiduguri-Nigeria.

ISBN 9783862885275. Languages of the World/Dictionaries 53. 89pp. 2015.

A Practical Igbo-English Dictionary

A Practical Dictionary of Igbo Language with English meaning

Mohammed Aminu Mu’azu & Enendu Cynthia
University of Maiduguri

The Igbo Language is one of the major Nigerian languages. It is predominately spoken in the following States: Abia, Anambra, Enugu, Ebonyi, Edo, Rivers, Delta and parts of Edo. Greenberg (1963) classified the Igbo language under the Kwa subgroup of languages of the Niger-Congo phylum. There are various estimates of the size of Igbo population. The 1991 census puts the population of Igbo at about ten point eight million. While, other sources stated that they are about thirteen million. It is also crucial to note that this figure comprises Igbo’s both at home and in diaspora. This dictionary entitled A Practical Igbo-English Dictionary is the first dictionary of its kind on the language.

The dictionary analysis consists of glossaries of the language. Apart from the English translations, equivalents of several entries are given. Likewise, Igbo –English word-list, English-Igbo word-list, Igbo simple sentences, Idiomatic expressions and proverbs are all contained in the dictionary.

Mohammed Aminu Mu’azu is professor of Linguistics in the Department of Languages and Linguistics, University of Maiduguri-Nigeria. Enendu Cynthia is a Graduate of English language and Linguistics, Department of Languages and Linguistics, University of Maiduguri-Nigeria.

ISBN 9783862885282. Languages of the World/Dictionaries 54. 85pp. 2014.

El caribe insular del siglo XVII

Tratado sobre la lengua y la cultura de los Callínago

Dictionnaire caraïbe-français
Raymond Breton
Traducción al español

Duna Troiani
CNRS, SeDyL-CELIA

El propósito de esta traducción del Dictionnaire caraïbe-français del Padre Raymond Breton, es dar a conocer un documento antiguo, casi único, sobre la lengua de los Callínago, hablada en las Antillas Menores al iniciar la colonización. Este diccionario es testimonio de la única lengua de las Antillas hablada hasta principios del siglo XX por los "Caribes" de La Dominica y en parte hablada por los Garínagu que viven hoy día a lo largo de la Costa Atlántica, desde Belice hasta Nicaragua, sin olvidar su reciente emigración a Estados Unidos. Aporta su propia luz sobre los contactos de lenguas –caribes y arahuacas– que convivían en las Antillas, entre las cuales también se encuentra la lengua de los Taino.

El diccionario del Padre Breton asemeja más bien a un diccionario enciclopédico ya que nos da a conocer, además de la lengua, la fauna, la flora –con el uso específico de cada planta y cada objeto–, las costumbres y la vida de los Callínago en esos tiempos remotos.

ISBN 9783862885947. Languages of the World/Dictionaries 55. 278pp. 2014.

Dictionnaire Ngbaka-Français

Deuxième édition revue et augmentée

Les Ngbaka constituent un peuple géographiquement homogène habitant le centre de l’Ubangi au nord-ouest de la province de l’Equateur dans la République Démocratique du Congo (RDC). La langue ngbaka est une langue Niger-Congo, appartenant à la sous-famille dite « Adamawa-Ubangi ». La présente publication est la deuxième édition du dictionnaire ngbaka-français, publié premièrement en 2000 dans la série « Recall » de l’Université de Gand (Belgique).

Depuis cette parution, l’auteur, décédé en mars 2015, avait accumulé un grand nombre de corrections et d’additions. Pour les additions il s’agit surtout de termes et d’expressions recueillis lors de ses recherches dans différents domaines de la vie des Ngbaka. Ainsi le dictionnaire est devenu plus volumineux ; les additions ont fait augmenter le nombre de termes d’environ 277.500 dans la première édition à plus de 380.000 dans la présente. La plupart des termes sont accompagnés de dictons, d’exemples d’utilisation, de devinettes ou d’autres types d’information culturelle.

ISBN 9783862886401 (Hardbound). Languages of the World/Dictionaries 56. 628pp. 2015.

Comprehensive Ket Dictionary - Большой словарь кетского языка 1

Ket, also known as Yenisei Ostyak or Imbat Ket, is considered to be one of the most enigmatic languages in Northern Asia. The only surviving member of the once-vast Yeniseian language family, strikingly different from all the surrounding languages, it is now balancing on the verge of extinction with only a small number of the remaining speakers residing in the north of Russia’s Krasnoyarsk province, along the river Yenisei and its tributaries.

With more than 5700 lexical entries, the present dictionary represents the most comprehensive lexicographic work on this complex and mysterious language to date. It contains a considerable number of illustrative examples stemming from the extensive fieldwork conducted by Professor A. Dulzon and his disciples in the 1960s - 1980s, as well as the data gathered by the authors during the 2000s.

Alongside the extensive lexicographic data, the dictionary incorporates the most recent theoretical advances concerning the complex grammatical structure of the language, which makes it an essential basis for any future research on Ket and the Yeniseian languages in general.

Volume I:

Introduction

Preface

Structure of the dictionary

Symbols

Grammatical sketch

Аbbreviations

List of the used texts and archive materials

Nouns, adjectives, adverbs, pronouns, numerals, postpositions, conjunctions, particles, interjections and action nominals

ISBN 9783862886371 (Hardbound). Languages of the World/Dictionaries 57. 434pp. 2015.

Comprehensive Ket Dictionary - Большой словарь кетского языка 2

Ket, also known as Yenisei Ostyak or Imbat Ket, is considered to be one of the most enigmatic languages in Northern Asia. The only surviving member of the once-vast Yeniseian language family, strikingly different from all the surrounding languages, it is now balancing on the verge of extinction with only a small number of the remaining speakers residing in the north of Russia’s Krasnoyarsk province, along the river Yenisei and its tributaries.

With more than 5700 lexical entries, the present dictionary represents the most comprehensive lexicographic work on this complex and mysterious language to date. It contains a considerable number of illustrative examples stemming from the extensive fieldwork conducted by Professor A. Dulzon and his disciples in the 1960s - 1980s, as well as the data gathered by the authors during the 2000s.

Alongside the extensive lexicographic data, the dictionary incorporates the most recent theoretical advances concerning the complex grammatical structure of the language, which makes it an essential basis for any future research on Ket and the Yeniseian languages in general.

Volume II : Verbs.

ISBN 9783862886388 (Hardbound). Languages of the World/Dictionaries 58. 520pp. 2015.