lingvo.wikisort.org - Language

Search / Calendar

Mamprusi (autonym Mampruli, also Mampelle, Ŋmampulli) is a Gur language spoken in northern Ghana by the Mamprusi people. It is partially mutually intelligible with Dagbani. The Mamprusi language is spoken in a broad belt across the northern parts of the Northern Region of Ghana, stretching west to east from Yizeesi to Nakpanduri and centred on the towns of Gambaga/Nalerigu and Walewale. In Mamprusi, one speaker is a Ŋmampuriga, many (plural) are Ŋmampurisi and the land of the Mamprusi is Ŋmampurigu.

Mampruli
Mamprusi, Mamprugu
Native toGhana
EthnicityMamprusi people
Native speakers
230,000 (2004)[1]
Language family
Niger–Congo?
  • Atlantic–Congo
    • Gur
      • Northern
        • Oti–Volta
          • Western-Oti/Volta
            • Southeastern
              • Mampruli
Language codes
ISO 639-3maw
Glottologmamp1244
PeopleMamprusi
LanguageMampruli (Ŋmampulli?)
CountryMamprugu

The language belongs to the Gur family which is part of the Niger–Congo language family, which covers most of Sub-Saharan Africa (Bendor-Samuel 1989). Within Gur it belongs to the Western Oti–Volta subgroup, and particularly its southeastern cluster of six to eight languages (Naden 1988, 1989). Closely related and very similar languages spoken nearby are Dagbani, Nanun, Kamara and Hanga in the Northern Region, and Kusaal, Nabit and Talni in the Upper East Region. Not quite so closely related are Farefare, Waali, Dagaari, Birifor and Safalaba in the Upper East and Upper West Regions and southwest of the Northern Region.

Comparatively little linguistic material on the language has been published; there is a brief sketch as an illustration of this subgroup of languages in Naden 1988.[2][3] A collection of Mampruli proverbs has been published by R.P. Xavier Plissart,[4] and a translation of the New Testament is in print,[5] a sample of which can be read and heard online.[6] There are also beginning Mampruli lessons in which the spoken language can be heard.[7]


Dialects


There is comparatively little dialect variation. The western (Walewale to the White Volta) and Far Western (west of the White Volta, area known by those to the east as "Overseas") have some variant pronunciation standards. The far Eastern dialect known as Durili is most notable for pronouncing [r] and [l] where the rest of Mampruli pronounces [l] and [r] respectively, and for some characteristic intonation patterns.


Phonology



Vowels


Mampruli has ten phonemic vowels: five short and five long vowels:

Front Central Back
shortlong shortlong shortlong
High i u
Mid e o
Low a

Consonants


Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Labial-velar
Nasal m n ɲ ŋ ŋ͡m
Plosive Voiceless p t k k͡p
Voiced b d ɡ ɡ͡b
Fricative Voiceless f s
Voiced v z
Lateral l
Approximant ʋ r j

Writing system


Mampruli is written in a Latin alphabet, but the literacy rate is fairly low. The orthography currently used represents a number of allophonic distinctions. There is a description of the process of formulating the orthography.[8][9]


Alphabet


aaabdeɛeefg'gbgyhikkpkylmnnyŋŋmoɔooprstuuuwyz

Grammar


Mampruli has a fairly conservative Oti-Volta grammatical system. The constituent order in Mampruli sentences is usually agent–verb–object. There is a simple, non-technical grammatical study [10]<<to be expanded>>


Lexicon


The rather unusual trilingual (Mampruli-Spanish-English) dictionary[11] was superseded by the more-reliable simple glossary:[12] a full-featured Mampruli dictionary is in course of preparation.[13] A hundred-word sample can be seen on the Kamusi project site[14]


References


  1. Mampruli at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Tony, Naden. Gur Languages. London: Kegan Paul International for I.A.I. /W.A.L.S. pp. 12–49.
  3. Dakubu, Mary Esther Kropp [ed.] (1988). The Languages of Ghana. London: Kegan Paul International for I.A.I. /W.A.L.S. {{cite book}}: |first= has generic name (help)
  4. Plissart, Xavier (1983). Mampruli Proverbs. Tervuren: Musée Royale de l'Afrique.
  5. n/a, n/a (2001). Naawunni Kunni Palli (God's New Volume). Tamale: GILLBT.
  6. "Matiu 1".
  7. "Red Mountain Mampruli Project".
  8. Naden, Di / Tony (2003). Community involvement in orthography design. Legon, Ghana: Linguistics Dept., University of Ghana. pp. 218–221.
  9. Dakubu, , M.E. Kropp / E.K.Osam [eds.] (2003). Studies in the Languages of the Volta Basin 1. Legon, Ghana: Linguistics Dept., University of Ghana. {{cite book}}: |first= has generic name (help)
  10. "A Sketch of Basic Grammar in Mampruli" (PDF).[permanent dead link]
  11. Arana, Evangelina, / Mauricio Swadesh (1967). Diccionario analitico del mampruli. Mexico D.F.: Museo de las Culturas, , Instituto Nacional de Anthropologia e Historia.
  12. Naden, Tony [ed.] (1997). Mampruli Vocabulary / Ŋmampulli Yɛla. Gbeduuri, N.R.: Mamprint (mimeo). {{cite book}}: |first= has generic name (help)
  13. "Aardvarks Mampruli".
  14. "Mampruli". Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2014-05-22.

На других языках


[de] Mampruli (Sprache)

Mampruli (auch Mamprule, Manpelle, Ngmamperli) ist die Sprache der Mamprusi in Ghana und Togo.
- [en] Mamprusi language

[es] Idioma mampelle

El idioma mampelle (autónimo Mampruli, también Mamprusi, Ŋmampulli) es una lengua gur hablada en el norte de Ghana por la gente de Mamprusi. Es mutualmente inteligible con el dagbani. El idioma mamprusi se habla en un amplio cinturón en las partes del norte de la región Norte de Ghana, que se extiende de oeste a este desde Yizeesi hasta Nakpanduri y se centra en las ciudades de Gambaga/Nalerigu y Walewale. En mampelle, un hablante es un Ŋmampuriga, muchos (en plural) son Ŋmampurisi y la tierra de los Mamprusi es Ŋmampurigu.

[fr] Mamprusi (langue)

Le mamprusi (autonyme Mampruli , également Mampelle et Ŋmampulli) est une langue gour parlée dans le nord du Ghana par le peuple Mamprusi. Elle est partiellement mutuellement intelligible avec le dagbani. La langue mamprusi est parlée dans une large ceinture à travers les parties nord de la région nord du Ghana, s'étendant d'ouest en est de Yizeesi à Nakpanduri, et centrée sur les villes de Gambaga / Nalerigu et Walewale. En Mamprusi, un locuteur est un Ŋmampuriga, beaucoup (au pluriel) sont Ŋmampurisi et le pays des Mamprusi est Ŋmampurigu .

[ru] Мампрули

Мампрули (также мампруле, мампелле) — язык народа мампруси, проживающего на северо-востоке Ганы, а также в прилегающих приграничных районах Того. Число носителей на 2004 год составляет 220 000 человек. Выделяют 2 диалекта: восточный и западный. Близкородственен языкам дагбани и фарефаре, лексика совпадает на 90-95 %. Имеет довольно стабильное положение, используется всеми возрастными группами.



Текст в блоке "Читать" взят с сайта "Википедия" и доступен по лицензии Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike; в отдельных случаях могут действовать дополнительные условия.

Другой контент может иметь иную лицензию. Перед использованием материалов сайта WikiSort.org внимательно изучите правила лицензирования конкретных элементов наполнения сайта.

2019-2024
WikiSort.org - проект по пересортировке и дополнению контента Википедии