Maarten Kossmann (born 5 February 1966 in

Zuidlaren Zuidlaren (Noordenvelds: ''Zuudlaoren'') is a village in the province of Drenthe in the Northern Netherlands. Zuidlaren has just over 10,000 inhabitants and is situated on natural heightened land which is called the Hondsrug. The village is part ...

, Netherlands) is a

Dutch Dutch commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands * Dutch people () * Dutch language () Dutch may also refer to: Places * Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States * Pennsylvania Dutch Country People E ...

linguist Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. It is called a scientific study because it entails a comprehensive, systematic, objective, and precise analysis of all aspects of language, particularly its nature and structure. Linguis ...

who specializes in

Berber languages The Berber languages, also known as the Amazigh languages or Tamazight,, ber, label=Tuareg Tifinagh, ⵜⵎⵣⵗⵜ, ) are a branch of the Afroasiatic language family. They comprise a group of closely related languages spoken by Berber commun ...

. He is currently professor of Berber studies 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 ...

Bibliography

*1997. Grammaire du parler berbère de Figuig (Maroc oriental). *1999. Essai sur la phonologie historique du berbère. *2000. A Study of Eastern Moroccan Fairy Tales. *2010. Parallel System Borrowing: Parallel morphological systems due to the borrowing of paradigms. *2011. A Grammar of Ayer Tuareg (Niger). *2013. The Arabic Influence on Northern Berber. *2014. On substratum: The history of the focus marker d in Jijel Arabic (Algeria). In: Carole de Féral, Maarten Kossmann & Mauro Tosco (eds.), ''In and Out of Africa. Languages in question. In honour of Robert Nicolaï. Volume 2. Language Contact and Language Change in Africa.''

References

1966 births Linguists from the Netherlands Berberologists Living people Leiden University faculty People from Zuidlaren {{Authority control