A grammar of Moro

By Elyasir Julima, Peter Jenks, Sharon Rose

This is a comprehensive grammar of Moro, a Kordofanian language native to the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. This grammar focuses specifically on Thetogovela, one of the seven different dialects of Moro. The grammar describes in detail the sound system, word structure, and sentence structure of Thetogovela Moro. The sound system is notable for a large system of consonants, height-based vowel harmony and a tonal contrast. Its nominal morphology includes a complex system of noun class prefixes, while its verbs are morphologically complex and richly agglutinative. Clausal syntax, including embedded clauses, modification, copular clauses, and ideophone constructions are discussed in detail. The grammar concludes with six short texts, fully transcribed and glossed, and a Moro dictionary with over 1,500 entries. The grammar draws on elicitation work collaboratively conducted between the authors of the grammar as well as naturally occurring examples from stories. All sentence-level examples are provided both in written Moro as well as in the International Phonetics Alphabet.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3985542139
• ISBN13: 9783985542130
• Release Date: October 2026
• Publisher: Language Science Press
• Length: 780 Pages
• Weight: 3.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.6" x 1.6" x 6.7"