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4 - Tracing Language Contact in Africa’s Past

from Part One - Language Contact and Genetic Linguistics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 June 2022

By
Bonny Sands
Edited by
Salikoko S. Mufwene  and
Anna María Escobar
Salikoko S. Mufwene
Affiliation:
University of Chicago
Anna María Escobar
Affiliation:
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
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Summary

Medieval and classical periods in African history are a particular focus of this survey of language contact patterns seen on the African continent. The effects of languages associated with empires and kingdoms are shown to vary widely, with many such languages remaining influential even in the present day. Disentangling earlier patterns of language contact is a necessary step for those interested in reconstructing and classifying African languages. The great time depth and diversity found within each of the major African language phyla is mirrored by a dizzying array of contact patterns both within and across these phyla.

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language contactlinguistic prehistoryareal linguisticsborrowinglanguage shiftNilo-SaharanNiger-CongoBantuCushiticChadic
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The Cambridge Handbook of Language Contact
Volume 1: Population Movement and Language Change
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Print publication year: 2022

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