Tondi Songway Kiini: Reference Grammar and Tsk-English-French Dictionary

By Jeffrey Heath

Only recently discovered by linguistic scholars, Tondi Songway Kiini (TSK) is a tonal language spoken in the small country of Mali in western Africa. Unlike other Songhay languages, TSK preserves the lexical and grammatical tones of its proto-language and also exhibits unique systems for the expression of focalization and relativization. Tondi Songway Kiini is a valuable overview of the grammar of an African language with a tone system quite different from that of the more familiar Bantu system. It is also an irreplaceable guide to the grammar and meanings of this unusual African language.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 157586505X
• ISBN13: 9781575865058
• Release Date: September 2005
• Publisher: Center for the Study of Language and Informat
• Length: 450 Pages
• Weight: 1.37 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.0"