Special volume Historical language contact in Africa

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CONTENTS. Herman M. Batibo / Franz The Adoption of Datooga Loanwords in Sukuma and its Historical Implications. Bruce The Role of Language Contact in the Development of Usaghade. Gerrit J. Language Shift and Morphological Convergence in the Nilotic Area. Christopher The Establishment of Iron-Working in Eastern, Central, and Southern Africa – Linguistic Inferences on Technological History. André Mwamba A Socio-Historical Linguistic Approach to the Study of Shaba Swahili – Recreating the Parent Language. Roland The Integration of Bantu Loans into Burunge (Southern Cushitic). Ulrich Kleinewillinghö Jalaa – an Almost Forgotten Language of Northeastern Nigeria. A Language Isolate? M.E. Kropp The “Mande Loan Element in Twi” Revisited. Maarten Ma’a as an Ethno-Register of Mbugu. Deo S. The Evolution of Tanzanian Ngoni. Nina Diachronic Typology of Locative Phrases in Chadic. Russell G. Shira, Teshena, Auyo – Hausa's (Former) Eastern Neighbors. Anthony Structural Typology and Remote Relationships between Zhu and !Xóõ. Benji Substratal and Superstratal Influences on the Evolution of Swahili Syntax – Central East Coast Bantu and Arabic. H. Ekkehard Wolff / Ousseina On the Non-Linear Ancestry of Tasawaq (Niger), How “Mixed” Can a Language Be? Christopher Frontier Linguistics in Uganda.