Cicipu linguistics

There are a few published works on the Cicipu language. 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 language name). There are also a few unpublished papers which can be viewed or downloaded here.

Some people may also find the more general Kainji bibliography useful.

Published work on Cicipu

• McGill, Stuart. 2007. The Cicipu noun class system. Journal of West African Languages 34(2), 51-90.
• McGill, Stuart. 2011. Aspects of deixis in Cicipu: evidence from real-time video commentary. In Julia Sallbank (ed.) Language Documentation and Description 9, 121-168.
• McGill, Stuart. 2012. The development of long consonants in Cicipu: a comparative perspective. In Roger M. Blench & Stuart McGill (eds.) Advances in minority language research in Nigeria vol. 1 (African languages monographs 5), 273-323. Köln: Rüdiger Köppe.
• McGill, Stuart and Roger M. Blench. 2012. Documentation, development and ideology in the northwestern Kainji languages. In Peter K. Austin & Stuart McGill (eds.) Language Documentation and Description 11, 90-135.

Unpublished materials

• Dettweiler, Stephen H. & Sonia G. Dettweiler. 2002. Sociolinguistic survey (level one) of the Kamuku language cluster. Electronic manuscript.
• McGill, Stuart. 2008. The phonology of Cicipu. Unpublished paper. Compressed file
• McGill, Stuart. 2009a. Gender and person agreement in Cicipu discourse. PhD thesis, School of Oriental and African Studies.
• McGill, Stuart. 2009b. The genetic classification of Cicipu. Unpublished paper.
• McGill, Stuart. 2011. Vowel harmony, transparency, and opacity in Cicipu. Paper presented at the (West) African Phonology Day, SOAS, April 2011.

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 Paper for the 18th Colloquium on African Languages, Leiden [superseded by Blench n.d. c.]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 H. & Roger M. Blench. 1992. An Index of Nigerian Languages. 2nd edition. Dallas: SIL [3rd edition is online].
• Dettweiler, Stephen H. & Sonia G. Dettweiler. 2002. Sociolinguistic survey (level one) of the Kamuku language cluster. Electronic manuscript.
• Gerhardt, Ludwig. 1989. Kainji and Platoid. In John Bendor-Samuel (ed.), The Niger-Congo languages, 359-76. Lanham: University Press of America.
• Westermann, Diedrich & M. Bryan. 1952. Languages of West Africa: Part II. London: OUP for IAI.

Conference and workshop papers

TBD

General 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 Kainji languages. If you have material on 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 Kainji languages of northwestern Nigeria: Comparative wordlist. Electronic manuscript.
• Blench, Roger M. & McGill, Stuart. 2012. Advances in minority language research in Nigeria vol. 1 (African languages monographs 5). Köln: Rüdiger Köppe.
• Blench, Roger M. & McGill, Stuart. 2013. Documentation, description, and ideology in the northwestern Kainji languages. In Peter K. Austin and Stuart McGill (eds.) Language Documentation and Description 11.
• 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 H. 1984. A study in the discourse grammar of Cishingini.  PhD dissertation, University of Ibadan.
• Crozier, David H. & Roger M. Blench. 1992. An Index of Nigerian Languages. 2nd edition. Dallas: SIL [3rd edition is online].
• De Wolf, Paul Polydoor. 1971. The noun class system of Proto-Benue-Congo. The Hague: Mouton de Gruyter.
• Dettweiler, Stephen H. 2000. Vowel harmony and neutral vowels in C’Lela. Journal of West African Languages 28, 3-18.
• Dettweiler, Stephen H. & Sonia G. Dettweiler. 2002. Sociolinguistic survey (level one) of the Pongu people. Electronic manuscript.
• Dettweiler, Stephen H. & Sonia G. Dettweiler. 2002. Sociolinguistic survey (level one) of the Reshe people. Electronic manuscript.
• Dettweiler, Stephen H. & Sonia G. Dettweiler. 2003. Sociolinguistic survey of the Duka (Hun-Saare) people. Electronic manuscript.
• Dettweiler, Stephen H. & Sonia G. Dettweiler. 2005. Sociolinguistic survey of the Lela people. Electronic manuscript.
• Gerhardt, Ludwig. 1989. Kainji and Platoid. In John Bendor-Samuel (ed.), The Niger-Congo languages, 359-76. Lanham: University Press of America.
• Heath, David & Carleen Heath. 2002. A phonological and grammatical sketch of the Dukawa language. Electronic manuscript.
• Hoffmann, Carl. 1963. The noun-class system of Central Kambari. Journal of African Languages 2(2), 160-9.
• Hoffmann, Carl. 1965. A wordlist of Central Kambari. Journal of West African Languages 2(2), 7-31.
• Hoffmann, 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.
• Hoffmann, Carl. 1972. A note on vowel contraction in Central Kambari. Research Notes [Ibadan] 5(2/3), 73-91.
• Koelle, Sigismund Wilhelm. 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.
• MacDonell, 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, Stephen H. Dettweiler, and Sonia G. Dettweiler. 2002. KˀBa̱tksa̱: CˀLela—CˀTuranci—CˀGana Dictionary =  CˀLela—English—Hausa = Kamus: Na Dakarci—Turanci—Hausa.  Lelna Language Development/Translation Association.
• Rowlands, E. C. 1962. Notes on some class languages of northern Nigeria. African Language Studies 3, 71-83.
• Smith, Rebecca Dow. 2007. The noun class system of Ut-ma'in.  MA dissertation, University of North Dakota.
• Stark, Janie P. 2003. The Tsikimba-Hausa-English dictionary. Salka: Kambari Language Project.
• Stark, Janie P. 2004. The Cishingini-Hausa-English dictionary. Salka: Kambari Language Project.
• Stark, Janie P. 2004. The Tsishingini-Hausa-English dictionary. Salka: Kambari Language Project.
• Williamson, Kay & Kiyoshi Shimizu. 1968. Benue-Congo comparative wordlist. Ibadan: University of Ibadan, West African Linguistic Society.