Apart from in their homeland of Malha, North Darfur, Midob speakers also live in the Khartoum area (primarily in Omdurman and the Gezira region) and Jezirat Aba.[2] The Midob people call their language tìd-n-áal, literally "mouth of the Midob", and themselves tìddí (singular), tìd (plural). There are an estimated 50,000 Midob speakers in two main dialects, Urrti and Kaageddi. Rilly (2010:162) lists the dialects of Urrti, Shalkota, and Torti. Only Uurti has been described in detail.
Recent research on Midob has been done by Thelwall (1983) and Werner (1993). Both studies concerned the Urrti dialect.
The stem is not altered. Extensions modify or add meaning to the verb like negation, intention, affirmation, completed action, plurality of subject–object or action, durative, habitual and sometimes can be combined (especially negation).
Tense and aspectedit
Midob has two basic tenses (Perfect and Continuous) plus Intentional. There are sets of suffixes for indicative, subjunctive and two question forms (to ask for a fact, i.e. "When/Why..." and to verify a fact, i.e. "Did you...").
^Rilly, Claude. 2010. Le méroïtique et sa famille linguistique. Leuven: Peeters Publishers. ISBN978-9042922372
Werner, Roland (1993) 'Tìdn-áal: A Study of Midob (Darfur-Nubian)' Berlin: Dietrich Reimer.
Thelwall, Robin (1983) 'Meidob Nubian: Phonology, Grammatical Notes and Basic Vocabulary' in Bender, M. L. (Ed), Nilo-Saharan Language Studies, V.13, East Lansing
External linksedit
Midob from mille langues blog
Midob Material from the Research of Roland Werner
April 09, 2024
midob, language, midob, also, spelt, meidob, nubian, language, spoken, midob, people, north, darfur, region, sudan, nubian, language, part, wider, nilo, saharan, language, family, midobmeidobnative, tosudanregionnorth, darfurethnicitymidobnative, speakers93, 2. Midob also spelt Meidob is a Nubian language spoken by the Midob people of North Darfur region of Sudan As a Nubian language it is part of the wider Nilo Saharan language family MidobMeidobNative toSudanRegionNorth DarfurEthnicityMidobNative speakers93 000 2022 1 Language familyNilo Saharan Eastern SudanicNorthern EasternNubianWesternMidobDialectsUurti Shalkota KaageddiLanguage codesISO 639 3 a href https iso639 3 sil org code mei class extiw title iso639 3 mei mei a Glottologmido1240Apart from in their homeland of Malha North Darfur Midob speakers also live in the Khartoum area primarily in Omdurman and the Gezira region and Jezirat Aba 2 The Midob people call their language tid n aal literally mouth of the Midob and themselves tiddi singular tid plural There are an estimated 50 000 Midob speakers in two main dialects Urrti and Kaageddi Rilly 2010 162 lists the dialects of Urrti Shalkota and Torti Only Uurti has been described in detail Recent research on Midob has been done by Thelwall 1983 and Werner 1993 Both studies concerned the Urrti dialect Contents 1 Phonology 1 1 Vowels 1 2 Consonants 1 3 Tone 2 Grammar 2 1 Verb 2 2 Tense and aspect 3 References 4 External linksPhonology editThe following tables show the phonological consonants and vowels without phonetic variations and without more recent Arabic loans Vowels edit i ii u uue ee e ee o oo a aa Note All vowels occur long and short The mid central vowel e only appears in Midob not in other Nubian languages Consonants edit Bilabial Alveolar Postalveolar Palatal Velar GlottalStop voiceless p t c kvoiced b d ɟ g Fricative f s ʃ hNasal m n ɲ ŋ Approximant w l j Trill rTone edit Midob is a tonal language with two registers High and Low Tone is both lexical and grammatical Lexical tone aadi we exclusive aadi stickaadi lightGrammatical tone na you sgl obj na him herGrammar editMidob is an agglutinative language like the other Nubian languages The default word order is SOV Verb edit The verbs consist of verbal stem extension tense aspect The stem is not altered Extensions modify or add meaning to the verb like negation intention affirmation completed action plurality of subject object or action durative habitual and sometimes can be combined especially negation Tense and aspect edit Midob has two basic tenses Perfect and Continuous plus Intentional There are sets of suffixes for indicative subjunctive and two question forms to ask for a fact i e When Why and to verify a fact i e Did you Sets of personal endings Indicative Subjunctive Question1 Question2Perfect x x x xContinuous x x x xIntentional x References edit Midob at Ethnologue 27th ed 2024 nbsp Rilly Claude 2010 Le meroitique et sa famille linguistique Leuven Peeters Publishers ISBN 978 9042922372 Werner Roland 1993 Tidn aal A Study of Midob Darfur Nubian Berlin Dietrich Reimer Thelwall Robin 1983 Meidob Nubian Phonology Grammatical Notes and Basic Vocabulary in Bender M L Ed Nilo Saharan Language Studies V 13 East LansingExternal links editMidob from mille langues blog Midob Material from the Research of Roland Werner Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Midob language amp oldid 1210039672, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
