THE CICIPU LANGUAGE
Cicipu linguistics
As yet there is almost no published material dedicated to the Cicipu language. However the language is briefly mentioned in a number of more general works ( usually referred to as Ac(h)ipawa or Ac(h)ipanci - see the separate discussion on the language name). There are also a few unpublished papers and presentations which can be viewed or downloaded here. You are free to cite these, but please be aware that they may change or be removed at any time.Some people may also find the more general West Kainji bibliography useful.
Unpublished materials
- McGill, Stuart. n.d. a. The classification of Cicipu. Unpublished paper.
- McGill, Stuart. n.d. b. The phonology of Cicipu. Unpublished paper. Compressed file
Published work on Cicipu
- McGill, Stuart. 2007. The Cicipu noun class system. Journal of West African Languages 34(2), 51-90.
General linguistics publications which mention Cicipu
- Bertho, J. 1952. Aperçu d'ensemble sur les dialectes de l'ouest de Nigéria. Bulletin IFAN 14, 259-71.
- Blench, Roger. M. 1988. The Basa-Kamuku languages. Paper for the 18th Colloquium on African Languages, Leiden [superseded by Blench n.d. c.]
- Crozier, David & Roger M. Blench. 1992. An Index of Nigerian Languages. 2nd edition. Dallas: SIL [3rd edition is online].
- Dettweiler, Steve & Sonia Dettweiler. 2002. Sociolinguistic survey (level one) of the Kamuku language cluster. Electronic manuscript.
- Gerhardt, Ludwig. 1989. Kainji and Platoid. In John Bendor-Samuel (ed.), Niger-Congo languages, 359-76. Lanham: University Press of America.
- Westermann, D & M Bryan. 1952. Languages of West Africa: Part II. London: OUP for IAI.
Conference and workshop papers
TBDGeneral West Kainji resources
Most of these links are to external websites, in particular the SIL website and Roger Blench's - the latter especially for a more comprehensive bibliography on West Kainji languages. If you have material on West Kainji that you'd like to be hosted here, please email Stuart McGill.- Blench, Roger. M. 1988. The Basa-Kamuku languages. Paper for the 18th Colloquium on African Languages, Leiden [superseded by Blench n.d. c.]
- Blench, Roger. M. 1991. Dictionary of the language of the Bas(s)a people. Electronic manuscript.
- Blench, Roger. M. 2007. A sketch of the phonology and an extended wordlist of TsuVaɗi, a Kambari language of Western Nigeria. Electronic manuscript.
- Blench, Roger. M. n.d. a. The Laru people and their language. Electronic manuscript.
- Blench, Roger. M. n.d. b. The Lopa language of Central Nigeria and its affinities. Electronic manuscript.
- Blench, Roger. M. n.d. c. The West Kainji languages of northwestern Nigeria I: Nomenclature and subclassification. Electronic manuscript.
- Blench, Roger. M. n.d. d. The West Kainji languages of northwestern Nigeria: Comparative wordlist. Electronic manuscript.
- Boettger, E & V Boettger. 1967. Tsureshe Grammar. Unpublished manuscript.
- Cressman, Esther & Donna Skitch. 1980. Duka. In M Kropp-Dakubu (ed.), West African language data sheets, vol. 2. Leiden: WALS/ASC.
- Crozier, David. 1984. A study in the discourse grammar of Cishiningi. PhD dissertation, University of Ibadan.
- Crozier, David & Roger M. Blench. 1992. An Index of Nigerian Languages. 2nd edition. Dallas: SIL [3rd edition is online].
- De Wolf, Paul Polydor. 1971. The noun class system of Proto-Benue-Congo. The Hague: Mouton de Gruyter.
- Dettweiler, Steve. 2000. Vowel harmony and neutral vowels in C’Lela. Journal of West African Languages 28, 3-18.
- Dettweiler, Steve & Sonia Dettweiler. 2002. Sociolinguistic survey (level one) of the Kamuku language cluster. Electronic manuscript.
- Dettweiler, Steve & Sonia Dettweiler. 2002. Sociolinguistic survey (level one) of the Pongu people. Electronic manuscript.
- Dettweiler, Steve & Sonia Dettweiler. 2002. Sociolinguistic survey (level one) of the Reshe people. Electronic manuscript.
- Dettweiler, Steve & Sonia Dettweiler. 2003. Sociolinguistic survey of the Duka (Hun-Saare) people. Electronic manuscript.
- Dettweiler, Steve & Sonia Dettweiler. 2005. Sociolinguistic survey of the Lela people. Electronic manuscript.
- Gerhardt, Ludwig. 1989. Kainji and Platoid. In John Bendor-Samuel (ed.), Niger-Congo languages, 359-76. Lanham: University Press of America.
- Heath, David & C Heath. 2002. A phonological and grammatical sketch of the Dukawa language. Electronic manuscript.
- Hoffman, Carl. 1963. The noun-class system of Central Kambari. Journal of African Languages 2, 160-9.
- Hoffman, Carl. 1965. A wordlist of Central Kambari. Journal of West African Languages 2, 7-31.
- Hoffman, Carl. 1967. An outline of the Dakarkari noun class system and the relation between prefix and suffix noun-class systems. In G Manessy (ed.), La classification nominale dans les langues négro-africaines, 237-59. Paris: CNRS.
- Hoffman, Carl. 1972. A note on vowel contraction in Central Kambari. Research Notes [Ibadan] 52, 73-91.
- Koelle, S. 1963. Polyglotta Africana: photomechanic reprint of the original edition, Church Missionary Society, London 1854. Freetown: Fourah Bay College.
- Lovelace, David. 1989. Computer printout on Tsuvaɗi.
- MacDonnell, James. 2007. A phonological and grammatical sketch of the Pongu language. Electronic manuscript.
- McGill, Stuart, 2008. The Damakawa language. Electronic manuscript.
- Rikoto, B., P. Senchi, Steve Dettweiler, and Sonia Dettweiler. 2002. KˀBa̱tksa̱: CˀLela—CˀTuranci—CˀGana Dictionary = CˀLela—English—Hausa = Kamus: Na Dakarci—Turanci—Hausa. Lelna Language Development/Translation Association.
- Rowlands, E. 1962. Notes on some class languages of northern Nigeria. African Language Studies 3, 71-83.
- Stark, Janie. 2003. The Tskimba-Hausa-English dictionary. Salka: Kambari Language Project.
- Stark, Janie. 2004. The Cishingini-Hausa-English dictionary. Salka: Kambari Language Project.
- Stark, Janie. 2004. The Tsishingini-Hausa-English dictionary. Salka: Kambari Language Project.
- Williamson, Kay & K Shimizu. 1968. Benue-Congo comparative wordlist. Ibadan: University of Ibadan, West African Linguistic Society.
