Wörterbuch zur Sprache und Kultur der Twareg / Wörterbuch zur Sprache und Kultur der Twareg I. Twareg-Französisch-Deutsc

Despite manifold studies on the Twareg, a versatile transregional dictionary for both practical communication and academic working exists only since 2009. Based upon his many years of knowledge of the Twareg and upon his collaboration with linguists, Hans Ritter, a physician for tropical diseases and an ethnologist, has compiled such a dictionary of the main dialects of the Twareg living in Algeria, Libya, Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso. It is a two-volume lexical documentation featuring a specific synthesis of current linguistics, ethnography and relevant data from the original literature. While complementing one another, the volumes are basically independent dictionaries with different structures and focuses:Volume 1 is a basic trilingual Twareg - French - German dictionary that includes the vocabulary part and elaborate lists in tabular form on the dialectal distribution and transcription of the Twareg (Tifinagh), special chapters on language and script history, the traditional calendar, the system of numeration, poetry and music. Material possession in the traditional nomadic culture, equipment and tools as well as jewelry are described by means of text charts. Volume 2 is a bilingual German - Twareg dictionary that offers an extended and detailed vocabulary with interdialectal entries from all major and numerous minor dialects as well as a complete overview of Twareg grammar and the verb system (K.-G. Prasse), thus offering the very first complete lexical overview. Special attention has been paid to content-related supplements and related terms from the most important contact languages Arabic, Hassaniya, Hausa and Songhay. A systematic bibliography completes this extensive linguistic documentation.Trotz vielfältiger Studien über die Twareg fehlte bisher ein allgemein verwendbares überregionales Wörterbuch, nicht nur zur praktischen Verständigung sondern auch bei der wissenschaftlichen Arbeit. Hans Ritter, Tropenmediziner und Ethnologe, legt nun ein solches Werk