David Whitehorn Arnott (23 June 1915 – 10 March 2004) was a British linguist who was Professor of West African Languages at
School of Oriental and African Studies
SOAS University of London (; the School of Oriental and African Studies) is a public research university in London, England, and a member institution of the federal University of London. Founded in 1916, SOAS is located in the Bloomsbury ar ...
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Fulani
The Fula, Fulani, or Fulɓe people ( ff, Fulɓe, ; french: Peul, links=no; ha, Fulani or Hilani; pt, Fula, links=no; wo, Pël; bm, Fulaw) are one of the largest ethnic groups in the Sahel and West Africa, widely dispersed across the region. ...
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Works
His works are the following:
* Dictionnary of verb roots in Fulfulde dialects
* Fula language studies : present position and future prospects
* The languages of West Africa
* The nominal and verbal system of Fula
* The parent and the teacher: a grammatical analysis of a Fula text
* Particles in Fula : their behaviour and meanings
* Proverbial lore and word-play of the Fulani
See also
*
Kathleen Arnott
References
1915 births
2004 deaths
Academics of SOAS University of London
Linguists from the United Kingdom
British Africanists
Alumni of SOAS University of London
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