Nara (also Nera, Barea, Barya) is the Nilo-Sahara language spoken by the Nara people - mainly in western Eritrea , in the Barentu region and to the north of it [1] . This language is often confused with the kunama language, spoken south. As a second language, the Nara people use tiger and Arabic . According to Tsige Hailemichael, “... the Nara language is threatened by a quick extinction” [2] .
| Nara | |
|---|---|
| Self name | nəra bana ("heavenly speech") |
| Country | Eritrea |
| Regions | western areas |
| Total number of speakers | 80 thousand (2001 Johnstone and Mandryk) |
| Classification | |
| Category | African languages |
Nilo-Sugar macrofamily (hypothesis)
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| Writing | |
| Language Codes | |
| ISO 639-1 | - |
| ISO 639-2 | - |
| ISO 639-3 | nrb |
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The following variants of the Latin language name are available: Nara , Nera , Barea , Barya , Baria , Higir , Koyta , Mogareb , Santora . The name "bara / barja" is considered derogatory, since barya in translation from Amharic means "slave".
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Classification
At the family level, Nara is actually an isolate . Traditionally, it is included in the East Sudanese superfamily as part of the Nilo-Saharan macrofamily . Inside the first, according to the classification of C. Eret [3], together with the Taman-Nubian family, it forms an Astabaran group .
Dialects
There are 4 dialects in the Nara language, between which there are significant differences: Higir, Higher, Mogareb, Koyta, Santora . Each of the 4 dialects is divided into dialects .
Writing
To write the language, writing is used both on the basis of Ethiopian writing and on the basis of the Latin alphabet.
Notes
- ↑ Nara language in Ethnologue. Languages of the World .
- ↑ "... Nara language is in danger of quickly disappearing." Hailemichael, Tsige Once Upon a Time ... in Nara Language (unavailable link) (November 5, 2005). Date of treatment January 2, 2010. Archived July 16, 2011.
- ↑ [Ehret 2001]
Literature
- Bender, M. Lionel . Analysis of a Barya word list. // Anthropological Linguistics. - Bd. 10, Heft 9, 1968 .-- S. 1-24. (eng.)
- Bender, M. Lionel. Nilo-Saharan // Bernd Heine, Derek Nurse (Hrsg.) African Languages. An introduction. - Cambridge University Press, 2000 .-- S. 43-73. (eng.)
- Reinisch, Leo . Die Barea-Sprache. Grammatik, Text und Wörterbuch. - Wien: Braumüller, 1874 (nach den handschriftlichen Materialien von Werner Munzinger Pascha). (German)
- Schadeberg, Thilo C. Die nilosaharanischen Sprachen. // Bernd Heine , etc. (Hrsg.). Die Sprachen Afrikas. - Hamburg: Buske, 1981. - S. 298. (German)
- Thompson ED Nera. // M. Lionel Bender (Hrsg.). The Non-Semitic languages of Ethiopia. - East Lansing: Michigan State University, 1976. - S. 484-494. (eng.)
Links
- Nara language in Ethnologue. Languages of the World .