{"id":23227,"date":"2010-07-09T14:48:49","date_gmt":"2010-07-09T12:48:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/?page_id=23227"},"modified":"2010-07-09T14:49:01","modified_gmt":"2010-07-09T12:49:01","slug":"north-chasu","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/en\/north-chasu\/","title":{"rendered":"North Chasu"},"content":{"rendered":"

Index compiled by Bertille Collignon (University of Lyon 2), 2009<\/i><\/p>\n

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Data on North Chasu<\/h5>\n
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Alternative names: <\/b><\/b>Kipare, Asu<\/p>\n

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Classification<\/b>: Niger-Congo language family<\/a>, Bantu language, G22.A<\/p>\n

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Area: <\/b>In the Pare mountains, Mwanga district, Tanzania<\/p>\n

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Number of speakers:<\/b> Between 200 000 and 400 000 speakers (estimated by Bertille Collignon; this number represents the totality of speakers of North and South Chasu)<\/p>\n

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Language status: <\/b>No official status.<\/p>\n

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Vitality & transmission:<\/b><\/p>\n

The transmission of North Chasu is sustained. However North Chasu speakers who migrate towards large cities generally abandon it in favor of Swahili. North Chasu is neither a written nor a taught language; it is rarely studied, and little is known of it.<\/p>\n

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Ethnographic observations:<\/h5>\n

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How do speakers of North Chasu live?<\/b><\/p>\n

They inhabit a tropical forest region, and their economy depends on agriculture \u2013 mainly bananas, rice, and sugar cane.<\/p>\n

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Linguistic observations:<\/h5>\n

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Like many Bantu languages, North Chasu is a tonal language. Chasu also possesses nominal classes, which are also typical of Bantu languages.<\/p>\n

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Sociolinguistic observations:<\/b><\/h5>\n

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The language has lost its value among its speakers in favor of Swahili (national language taught in schools) and English (language of universities and of the elite).<\/p>\n

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Sources & additional bibliography :<\/h5>\n

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Dannholz, Jakob J. (1916). Im Banne des Geisterglaubens: Z\u00fcge des<\/i> animistischen Heidentums bei den Wasu in Deutsch-Ostafrika<\/i>. Leipzig: Evangelisch-Lutherische Mission. Pp 133.<\/p>\n

Guth, W. (1939\/40). Der Asu-Gruss<\/i>, in Zeitschrift f\u00fcr Eingeborenen-Sprachen<\/i> 30., pp. 148-160.<\/p>\n

Hohenberger, J. (1929\/30) \u00ab Zur Lautlehre und Grammatik des Asu<\/i>\u00ab , in Zeitschrift f\u00fcr Eingeborenen-Sprachen<\/i> 20., pp. 175-208.<\/p>\n

Kagaya, R. (1989), A Classified vocabulary of the pare language<\/i>, Tokio: ILCAA<\/p>\n

K\u00e4hler-Meyer, E. (1964) T\u00f6ne und Akzente in der Formenlehre des Chasu (Tanganjika), Afrika und \u00dcbersee.<\/i> 47..89-133. source: BantuRef.<\/a>
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Kotz, E. (1909), Grammatik des Chasu in deutsch-Ostafrica (Pare-Gebirge)<\/i>,  England: Gregg Press<\/p>\n

Mreta (1998). An analysis of tense and aspect in Chasu: their<\/i> form and meaning in the affirmative constructions<\/i>. Beitr\u00e4ge zur Afrikanistik, #10. Hamburg: Lit Verlag. Pp xiii, 186<\/p>\n

Mreta, (1990) The problem of Bantu linguistic affiliation: the case of Chasu, Kigweno, Kikahe and Kirombo<\/i>. University of Dar es Salaam<\/p>\n

Mreta, (2000) \u00ab The nature and effects of Chasu-Kigweno contact<\/i>\u00ab , in Kahigi, K. K., Y. M. Kihore & M. Mous (Ed), Lugha za Tanzania\/Languages of Tanzania: studies dedicated to the memory of Prof. Clement Maganga<\/i>, Leiden : Research School of Asian, African and Amerindian Studies (CNWS), State University of Leiden., pp. 177-189.<\/p>\n

Mreta (2008) Chasu lexicon<\/i>. LoT (Languages of Tanzania) publications, #14. Dept. of Foreign Languages and Linguistics, Univ. of Dar es Salaam.<\/p>\n

Odden, D. (1986). \u201cThree dialects of kipare<\/i>\u201d, in Gerrit J. Dimmendaal (ed), currents approaches to Africans linguistics<\/i>, vol.3, 257-280.<\/b><\/p>\n

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