Search: Start Page ➙ Language: Bagirmi (bmi) Alternative Names  Baguirmi, Baghirmi, Baguirme, Tar Barma, Barma, Mbarma, Tar Bagrimma, Bagrimma, Lis, Lisi Family/Group  Nilo-Saharan, Central Sudanic Area  Africa General Data  mainly spoken in Chad (south-east of Lake Chad); also spoken in Nigeria Typological Information  • implosive consonants • vowel length • 3 tones (high, mid, low) • SVO • most words functioning in adjectival constructions behave like nominal or verbal roots and cannot formally be distinguished from them except that they are more subject to reduplication (cf. Stevenson 1969: 148) Reduplication Form-Function  • full: intensification, pluralization • partial: intensification Relationship Form-Function  various forms - various functions Reduplication System  the general practice is to repeat a whole word stem rather than a part of it, such reduplication most commonly being found in adjectival forms (including numerals) and adverbs (including ideophones) and most rarely in nouns and verbs (cf. Stevenson 1969: 160) Forms  Select Valueσ σσ CV echo stem   Functions  Select Valueintensification lexical enrichment pluralization Patterns  Select Valuefull partial echo word formation Semantics  Select Valueintensity plurality   Word Classes  Select Value0 — adjective/adverb 0 — noun 0 — other 0 — verb adjective/adverb — adjective/adverb other — other   All Examples  ⊞ References    Terminology    Glossary    Field Descriptions

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