A ni tìle! I need help of native speakers that know about the linguistics of Bambara
I am a student at the university of Hamburg in Germany and this semester I have a language course on Bambara and its related languages. For a part of the course, I am looking for translations to the following list of academic linguistic terms. I could not find anything good on the internet and would appreciate your help.
If you have, would you provide me with the source you found the translation (might be a book or class, I have no digital access to). I will update the list with the translations you provide me with
You have asked for a very large number of technical terms from the modern Western scientific tradition of linguistics!
I won’t venture to provide a potential translation for ALL of the terms you listed.
Instead, you might be interested in the checking the terminology used in the following works:
Davydov’s article “On Souleymane Kanté’s "Nko Grammar”: This article walks you through some of the technical linguistic terminology coined and used by Sulemaana Kantè in his grammar books (which you could also consult directly)
Kassim Koné’s Bamanankan Daɲɛgafe: A monolingual Bambara dictionary that is available in libraries and in print. It has a range of technical linguistic vocabulary translated.
Bamanankan Mabɛn: A monolingual Bambara language book explaining Bambara grammar. It was designed for teachers working in adult literacy programs in Mali
If, after some research, you have a specific question about one word or one expression, you can ask in the #language category.
