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Moro Noun Classes
(2014-05-22) Adeldong, Israel Yohanna Angelo
Moro Noun Class is classified by a prefix system, in which the singular and plural prefixes of the nouns are the bases of classification. In this project I have attempted as a native speaker to do the work on my language for the first time, hoping that this first attempt will lead to more and further development on Moro language. Chapter one includes the background information about people and the language. Chapter two is about noun classification. Chapter three deals with noun agreement with the verb and the cardinal number. Finally chapter four is a conclusion and suggestions for future work on the language.
Moro Verb Morphology
(2014-05-16) Barnard, Timothy David
This paper describes and analyses many features of both the inflectional and the derivational verb morphology of Moro, a Kordofanian language spoken in the Nuba Mountains of central Sudan. Chapter 1 provides a brief overview of the Moro people and language. Chapter 2 deals with inflectional morphology and focuses on tense and aspect. The complexity of Moro phonology is demonstrated, and the importance of grammatical tone is shown. Chapter 3 uses data from a word list to allow Moro derivational verb morphology to be explored. A probable medio-passive, anti-passive, reciprocal, causative and a benefactive are described. Finally, Chapter 4 looks at the vowel harmony system, drawing on insights from the previous chapters.