The language of the glosses in the Bornu quranic manuscripts
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2802701 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Dmitry Bondarev (0000-0001-9649-2625, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 69 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 113-140 |
| Publication date | 2006-02-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0041-977X • E-ISSN: 1474-0699 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0041977x06000061 |
| OpenAlex | W2034741469 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 1 |
The Bornu quranic manuscripts with interlinear ajami glosses in a Kanuri dialect were discovered by A. D. H. Bivar in the late 1950s. The unique corpus of written evidence for the Kanuri language as spoken over 300 years ago has never been analysed in any depth. The first part of the paper contains a general description of the collection and a discussion of codicological and palaeographical characteristics of the manuscripts. The second part comprises a brief note on the Kanuri language and a description of the Bornu writing system used for quranic commentary in this language. The third part explores the phonological and morphological properties of selected examples of glosses. Finally, a preliminary view on the dialect affiliation of the language of the glosses is suggested
Art · Linguistics · Literature · Computer Science · History · Language, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis · Philosophy · Swearing, Euphemism, Multilingualism · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
| Citations per year | 0.35 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2006 - 2025 (20) |
| Highly cited | No |