[MONICH] Remarks on the distribution of post-consonantal glides in Nuer (Reviewers: Peter Avery and Fabian Zuk) Download paper Abstract : In Nuer, glides /w/ and /j/ frequently occur root-internally between the initial consonant of the root and the root vowel. This art…

🎉 #NewPublication on #Nuer glides, where they occur in the language, where they occur in loans, and where they occured in the protolanguage...

📰 Monich, I. 2025. “Remarks on the distribution of post-consonantal glides in Nuer”. Radical 8, 1-57

🔗 radical.cnrs.fr/monich-remar...

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"Pope Francis gave us [in #SouthSudan] a gift. His humility, his presence, his prayers were not ordinary gestures. They were reminders that peace begins with each of us choosing it, every single day."

#PopeFrancis #SalvaKiir #RiekMachar #TabanDengGai #RebeccaNyandeng #Dinka #Naath #Nuer #Peace

4/ #EvansPritchard extended structural analysis with his work on the #Nuer in #Sudan, studying #kinship systems and their role in organizing society and resolving #conflicts. By examining how #local institutions shape social cohesion, he underscored the need to view societies within their contexts.

#Nobiin ŭ́ru, #OldNubian ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩ (ourou): 'king'

Ultimately derived from #Meroitic
𐦳𐦣𐦫𐦡
> qore/qurə: 'ruler, sovereign'

Cf. #Nuer kuäär 'king, chief'

Pic: ⲙⲱⲩ̄ⲥⲏ ⲅⲉⲱⲣⲅⲓⲱⲥⲓ ⲇⲱⲧⲁⲩⲟⲛ ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩ
Moses George, King of Dotawo (Makuria)