Actes du Cinquième Colloque de Linguistique Nilo-Saharienne

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This collection features diverse studies on various languages within the Nilo-Saharan and surrounding linguistic landscapes. Contributions include Al-Amin Abu-Manga's exploration of Songhai speech communities, Teferra Anbessa's phonological insights into Shabo, and Torben Andersen's analysis of absolutive and nominative structures in Berta. Rotimi Badejo discusses Kanuri's backdrop declination, while Roger Blench questions the classification of Niger-Congo as a branch of Nilo-Saharan. Pascal Boyeldieu examines tonal modifications in Bagiro, and Gerrit J. Dimmendaal investigates vowels as complex segments in Nilotic languages. Christopher Ehret analyzes the linguistic affiliation of Krongo and Shabo, and Maman Mallam Garba addresses definitional challenges in Kanuri pronouns. Manuela Noske studies consonant gemination in Shilluk, and Pierre Palayer presents a French-Sara dictionary focusing on adjectives. Other contributions include discussions on Arabic loanword databases, tonal properties of Sara-Bongo-Baguirmian languages, and the genetic relationships of lexicons. The volume also addresses the significance of dialectal stratification and lexical diffusion in language classification. Previous colloquia proceedings are referenced, highlighting ongoing research in Nilo-Saharan linguistics.