Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa

Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa analyzes around 3000 Arabic loanwords in more than 50 languages in the area, and completes the work started in a previous similar work on West Africa.

About the author

Sergio Baldi Ph.D. (1983), Sorbonne Nouvelle (Paris), is Professor Emeritus of Hausa and Sudanic Languages at the University of Naples "L'Orientale". He has published monographs, dictionaries and more than one hundred articles on Arabic loanwords in African languages.

Product details

• Authors: Sergio Baldi
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.12.2020
• EAN: 9789004438477
• ISBN: 978-90-04-43847-7
• No. of pages: 456
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 241 mm x 34 mm
• Weight: 915 g
• Series: Handbook of Oriental Studies.
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics