Lango Coordination Morphemes #
Lango (Nilotic, Uganda) uses kèdè for both comitative ('with') and conjunction ('and'). Classic AND-language in [Sta00]'s classification with diachronic source from comitative. [Has07] (20) cites [Noo92]:163.
- kèdè — J, free, medial prepositive: "A kèdè B" = 'A and B' / 'A with B'
Consumed by Studies/Haspelmath2007.lean (Haspelmath2007.lango).
kèdè — J particle, also comitative marker. Free, prepositive medial. Diachronic source: comitative ('with') → coordinator ('and').
Equations
- Lango.Coordination.kede = { form := "kèdè", gloss := "and; with", role := Coordinator.Role.j, boundness := Boundness.free, note := "comitative-derived; identical form for 'with' and 'and'" }