Verbal Number in the Uncu Language (Kordofan Nubian)
Verbal Number in the Uncu Language (Kordofan Nubian)
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Uncu 语言中的动词编号(科尔多凡努比亚语)
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2014
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Jade Comfort
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Jade Comfort
The Uncu Language is part of the Nubian language family in the Eastern Sudanic branch of Nilo-Saharan. It is part of the Kordofan Nubian language continuum along with Abu Jinuk, Kasha, Kaakmbee (Karko), Kujuria, Fanda, Wali, Kwashi (Kudur), Warkimbee (Dilling), Dabri, Dabatna, Kadaru, Taglennaa (Kururu), and Dair. The Uncu Language is spoken in a number of villages in the area between Dilling and Kadugli in the Nuba Mountains of South Kordofan, Sudan. The language itself seems to have two major speech varieties that roughly correspond to the clans of Nama, Ninya, Terda, and Katang in the east and Moriny, Sigida, and Kurgul in the west. The data for this paper were gathered from speakers of Moriny (henceforth, M) and Nama (henceforth, N), with special thanks to Widaa Suleman [M] and Abdulbagi Daida [N].1 The aim of this paper is to describe the different ways of marking verbal number in the Uncu language. I have divided the paper into two sections: participant number and event number. The number of the object or subject of a verb determines participant number. Event number is determined by the frequency or repetition of an event. In the following sections I will discuss how each of these types of plurality are used and marked on the verb. The nature of number marking on verbs is such that there are nuances in meaning due to