The Jibbali (Shahri) language of Oman grammar and texts

This book contains a detailed grammatical description of Jibbali (or Shahri), an unwritten Semitic language spoken in the Dhofar region of Oman, along with seventy texts. This is the first ever comprehensive grammar of Jibbali, and the first collection of texts published in over a hundred years. Top...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Rubin, Aaron D., 1976- author (author)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Leiden, Netherlands : Brill 2014.
Series:Studies in Semitic languages and linguistics ; Volume 72.
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009757841206719
Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Introduction
  • Phonology
  • Pronouns
  • Nouns
  • Adjectives
  • Verbs: Stems
  • Verbs: Tenses and Forms
  • Prepositions
  • Numerals
  • Adverbs
  • Interrogatives
  • Particles
  • Some Syntactic Features
  • Greetings and Basic Phrases
  • Johnstone’s Jibbali Texts
  • Additional Texts
  • Text 18 with Morpheme Glossing
  • Bibliography
  • Indexes.