The dynamics of Wolof language : sources, borrowings, etymologies ... / Ahmed Khalifa Niasse ; prefaced by maître Abdoulaye Wade, former President of the Republic of Senegal.

Author
Niasse, Ahmed Khalifa [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
  • Dakar : L'Harmattan Sénégal, [2021]
  • 2021
Description
202 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Details

Subject(s)
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
  • Preface by Maître Abdoulaye Wade
  • Presentation
  • Foreword
  • Reading Key
  • Vowels
  • Consonants
  • Pt. 1. Historical approach
  • Divination
  • "Fake Lion" (Simb)
  • Taaxuraan
  • Kassacks
  • Pt. 2. Pre-colonial Heritage
  • Sousse Original Uniqueness
  • Linguistic Substatum
  • The Arab Berber
  • Zénaga or Senegal ?
  • The Mandigo
  • The Fula
  • The religious substratum
  • Possible Geographical Sources of the Judaic Influence
  • Jadaism
  • Judaism, Artisanat and Cast
  • Islam in the Subsaharan World
  • Arabic the language of the Koran
  • Qur'an learning
  • First narre
  • The Look of the Muslim
  • Instruction
  • Figurative Expressions
  • Esoterism and supematural
  • Pt. 3. The colonial Heritage
  • The Genesis
  • History of the different phases of colonial occupation in Senegal
  • Portugucse
  • English
  • French
  • Pt. 4. Cultural features of wolof genius
  • Taaxuraan and laawaan
  • Senegalese contrubution to Quran literature
  • Do African savings have scientifie values?
  • Did the senegalese liberate America ?
  • Is Ruffin the refrain or didain?
  • Annexes
  • Ethymological Lexicon
  • Wolof-Arab-Berber
  • WolofPortuguese
  • WolofEnglish
  • WolofPulaar
  • Mandingo Lexical.
ISBN
9782343231891 ((paperback))
OCLC
1268573281
RCP
N - S
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