Comparative Dictionary
The ultimate aim of this project has been to produce a comparative dictionary of the languages of the sub-group of Gur formerly labelled 'Western Oti-Volta' with many scholars now replacing this term with 'Mabia Central'. [Bodomo, Adams, Hasitatu Abubakari and Samuel Alhassan Issah [eds.] 2020. Handbook of the Mabia Languages of West Africa. Glienicke : Galda Verlag - p.11] As a convenient abbreviation for "the MaBia Central languages covered in Naden's Comparative Dictionary' I will use MaB.N
The languages covered are : Birifor (Southern), Dagaari, Dagbani, Gurenne-Frafra, Hanga, Kantoosi, KaMara, Kusaal (Gh.), Kusaal (B. F.), Mampruli, Moore, Nabit, Nanun, Nõtre, Ninkaare-Frafra, Safaliba,Talni, Waali
The areas where these languages are spoken are indicated on the map ------->
Comparative Dictionary
of Central Mabia Languages
[Formerly Western Oti-Volta]
The primary version is organised semantically, following a custom West-Africa-oriented thesaurus outline, so that vocabulary can be compared in the context of the meaning-structure. Indexes ordered on English and French keywords are appended.
There is also a version alphabetised on the English keywords.
Out-takes:
A list of the etymological formulæ by English term with my suggestions and notes, extracted from the main Comparative Dictionary, is available :
A list of the sources of borrowed words by English term with my suggestions and notes, extracted from the main Comparative Dictionary, is available :