Franz Rottland (December 4, 1934 in

Gelsenkirchen Gelsenkirchen (, , ; wep, Gelsenkiärken) is the 25th most populous city of Germany and the 11th most populous in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia with 262,528 (2016) inhabitants. On the Emscher River (a tributary of the Rhine), it lies ...

– August 4, 2014) was a German linguist and Africanist. His interests included the historical linguistics of

Nilotic languages The Nilotic languages are a group of related languages spoken across a wide area between South Sudan and Tanzania by the Nilotic peoples. Etymology The word Nilotic means of or relating to the Nile River or to the Nile region of Africa. Dem ...

and

Cushitic languages The Cushitic languages are a branch of the Afroasiatic language family. They are spoken primarily in the Horn of Africa, with minorities speaking Cushitic languages to the north in Egypt and the Sudan, and to the south in Kenya and Tanzania. As ...

Biography

After receiving his doctorate on September 8, 1970 at

Leiden University Leiden University (abbreviated as ''LEI''; nl, Universiteit Leiden) is a Public university, public research university in Leiden, Netherlands. The university was founded as a Protestant university in 1575 by William the Silent, William, Prince o ...

and his habilitation in 1979 at the

University of Cologne The University of Cologne (german: Universität zu Köln) is a university in Cologne, Germany. It was established in the year 1388 and is one of the most prestigious and research intensive universities in Germany. It was the sixth university to ...

, Rottland served as the Chair of African Studies II at the

University of Bayreuth A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, th ...

until 1998. Rottland died in 2014 at the age of 79 and was buried in Alter Ehrenfelder Friedhof at Cologne's

Melaten cemetery Melaten is the central cemetery of Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, which was first mentioned in 1243. It was developed to a large park, holding the graves of notable residents. Name The name "Melaten" refers to a hospital for the sick and l ...

Selected publications

* ''Die südnilotischen Sprachen. Beschreibung, Vergleichung und Rekonstruktion''. Berlin 1982, . * editor, with Rainer Voßen: ''Afrikanische Wildbeuter. Internationales Symposion, Sankt Augustin, Januar 3–5, 1985 Tagungsberichte. African hunter gatherers''. Hamburg 1986, . * editor: ''Festschrift zum 60. Geburtstag von Carl F. Hoffmann''. Hamburg 1986, . * editor, with Lucia N. Omondi: ''Proceedings of the 3. Nilo-Saharan Linguistics Colloquium. Kisumu, Kenya, August 4–9, 1986''. Hamburg 1991, .

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at Rüdiger Köppe Verlag {{DEFAULTSORT:Rottland, Franz Living people 1934 births Linguists from Germany Academic staff of the University of Bayreuth Leiden University alumni Linguists of Nilotic languages Linguists of Cushitic languages People from Gelsenkirchen