A Dictionary And Grammatical Outline Of Chakali
by Jonathan Brindle /
2017 / English / PDF
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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.
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.
