Les langues gbè dans les premiers écrits européens

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AuteurADJERAN, MOUFOUTAOU ET AL
Date d'ajout2026-06-02T16:06:57Z
Date de disponibilite2026-06-02T16:06:57Z
Date de publication2023
ResumeThis article looks at the early contacts between Portuguese and Spanish on the one hand, and the populations of the West African coastal area between eastern Ghana and western Nigeria on the other, and more specifically at the first two descriptions, in European languages, of the Gbe languages. The former date back to 1658; it bears no author’s name and is entitled: Doctrina christiana; y explicacion de sus Misterios, en nuestro idioma español, y en lengua Arda. Our source is its reproduction in Labouret and Rivet (1929). The latter, by Antonio da Costa Peixoto, dates back to 1741 and is entitled Obra nova de Lingoa Geral de mina traduzida, ao nosso Igdioma. Our source is its reproduction by Silveira (1944). The article deals with the difficulties inherent in these writings, aside the historical interest they represent. The first text, which announces the language of Arda, confuses the glossonym with the name of the Kingdom of Allada, whereas the second text clearly identifies the glossonym. Furthermore, the transcription (segmental and suprasegmental) of the texts in the two documents studied is a source of semantic and syntactic disturbances. The lack of explicit transcription rules adds to the impossibility of highlighting them due to the irregularity of the transcriptions. The methods used are based on the search for semantic equivalents in several current Gbè languages.
Autre identifiantBECDB-13143
URIhttps://dspace.uac.bj/handle/123456789/11294
Languefr
Fait partie deStatuts Quaestionis
SujetGbè languages
SujetEuropean descriptions of Africa
Sujetspelling of African languages
Sujetinterpretation of African languages
TitreLes langues gbè dans les premiers écrits européens
TypeArticle

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