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viii Introduction ENGLISH-NGIZIM and HAUSA-NGIZIM SECTIONS The English-Ngizim and Hausa-Ngizim sections are meant mainly as indexes to the Ngizim-English-Hausa section. There has been no attempt to create comprehensive lists of English or Hausa words with Ngizim equivalents. The Hausa list, in particular, is incomplete in that it does not include Hausa equivalents to many of the words that appear in the Ngizim-English-Hausa section. In the English-Ngizim section, certain classes of items are grouped under a single entry rather than being listed alphabetically among the other English words. The main such lists are the following: trees: all tree names, including well-known ones, such as baobab grasses: names for all grasses and grass-like weeds plants: names for all wild plants that are not large enough to call “trees” and that would not fit the “grasses” category plants, cultivated: all cultivated plants other than gourds and grains gourd: gourds of all functions other than calabash bowls and cups calabash: calabash bowls and cups of all functions millet: all varieties of millet sorghum: all varieties of sorghum fish: all species of fish ideophones: all ideophonic words, along with a brief indication of the type of action or quality that they collocate with expressions: fixed and formulaic expressions such as greetings, exclamations (dismay, anger, fear, sympathy, etc.), folktale openings and closings, etc. names: proper names for people and places titles: traditional social and political titles (consult the Ngizim- English-Hausa section for comments on function) ethnic groups: ethnic and regional affiliations, nationalities pronouns: personal pronouns are grouped according to function; for example, under “pronouns, independent” is the list of independent pronouns for all persons and numbers
Introduction ix ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The editor began studying Ngizim in 1969-70, working mainly with the late Malam Dan Boyi Kwana and Malam Adamu Helman Sale Ngwajin. The contributions of these two men made possible the writing of A Dictionary of Ngizim, published in 1981. Malam Adamu in particular wrote hundreds of pages of stories, history, and proverbs from which most of the words in that dictionary came. Ngizim research in 1969-70 was funded by a US National Science Foundation grant (award #2279, Paul Newman, Principal Investigator). The production of the FIRST EDITION of the Ngizim-English-Hausa Dictionary was supported from 2002-2004 by a grant from the US National Science Foundation (award #BCS-0111289, Russell G. Schuh, Principal Investigator). Publication of the FIRST EDITION was supported by generous contributions from Alhaji Isa Bello (Walin Pataskum, Deputy Speaker), Alhaji Ibrahim Umar (Hon. Commissioner), Alhaji Yakubu Mai Hassan (Permanent Secretary of Works), Alhaji Muhammadu Guza (Wazirin Pataskum), Alhaji Adamu Sale (General Manager, YOSAMA), Alhaji Muhammadu Dakasku (Deputy Permanent Secretary), Alhaji Abdu Parapara, Alhaji Abdullahi Garin Daye, Alhaji Hassan Bula (Councellor, Emirate Council), Malam Dala Ibrahim (Council Secretary), Hon. Baba Gishuwari, and Senator Mamman Ali. This SECOND EDITION has been compiled by the authors and editor with the support of a grant from the US National Science Foundation (award #BCS-05553222, Russell G. Schuh, Principal Investigator). Alhaji Maina Gimba has been In-Country Director of both projects. The authors and the editor would like to thank HRH Mai Pataskum, Alhaji Umaru Bubaram, and the Potiskum Emirate Council for their continued support of this project. Special thanks go to Malam Madu Liman, Registrar of the College of Education Zuba, Abuja, and to Halima Madu Liman and members of the Madu Liman household, for indispensable logistic support without which the project would have been difficult if not impossible. Thanks also to Alhaji Ali Goni and to Malam Saleh Adamu for helping to create a smooth working environment. For technical contributions, thanks go to Jeffrey Heinz and Sarah Foxe of the UCLA Linguistics Department. Roger Blench
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