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Gerrit Dimmendaal

Gerrit Jan Dimmendaal (born 1955) is a Dutch linguist and Africanist. His research interests focused mainly on the Nilo-Saharan languages.

He completed his studies (1973–1978) in African studies, Arabic studies, history, and comparative literature at Leiden University, and graduating with a doctorate in 1982. He has been Professor of African Studies at University of Cologne since 2000.

Selected works

  • The Turkana language. Dordrecht 1983, .
  • with Marco Last: Surmic languages and cultures. Köln 1998, .
  • Coding participant marking. Construction types in twelve African languages. Amsterdam 2009, .
  • Historical linguistics and the comparative study of African languages. Amsterdam 2011, .
  • The Oxford Handbook of African Languages co-edited with Rainer Vossen. 2020. Oxford University Press.

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