Jean-Marie Dallet (linguist)

Last updated • 1 min readFrom Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Jean-Marie Dallet (November 21, 1909–August 3, 1972) [1] was a White Father and a linguist specialized in Berber studies, particularly in the Kabyle language [2] .

Coming from the Cantal and having worked in the diocese of Angers before joining the White Fathers, Jean-Marie Dallet joined Jacques Lanfry in Larbaâ Nath Irathen (ex Fort National) in 1934, where he spent the rest of his life [3] . He developed an early interest in Berber languages and culture and began to study the Kabyle language. [4]

From 1946 until his death in 1972, he served as the director of the Fichier de documentation berbère [5] , a specialized periodical publication dedicated to Berber studies. He also authored several works on the Kabyle language, including a Kabyle-French dictionary published posthumously. [6]

Bibliography

Related Research Articles

Zenaga is a Berber language on the verge of extinction currently spoken in Mauritania and northern Senegal by a few hundred people. Zenaga Berber is spoken as a mother tongue from the town of Mederdra in southwestern Mauritania to the Atlantic coast and in northern Senegal. The language is recognized by the Mauritanian government.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Shawiya language</span> Zenati Berber language spoken in Algeria

Shawiya, or Shawiya Berber, also spelt Chaouïa, is a Zenati Berber language spoken in Algeria by the Shawiya people. The language's primary speech area is the Awras Mountains in Eastern Algeria and the surrounding areas, including parts of Western Tunisia, including Batna, Khenchela, Sétif, Oum El Bouaghi, Souk Ahras, Tébessa and the northern part of Biskra. It is closely related to the Shenwa language of Central Algeria.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kabyle language</span> Berber language of northern Algeria

Kabyle or Kabylian is a Berber language spoken by the Kabyle people in the north and northeast of Algeria. It is spoken primarily in Kabylia, east of the capital Algiers and in Algiers itself, but also by various groups near Blida, such as the Beni Salah and Beni Bou Yaqob.(extinct?)

The Zenati languages are a branch of the Northern Berber language family of North Africa. They were named after the medieval Zenata Berber tribal confederation. They were first proposed in the works of French linguist Edmond Destaing (1915) (1920–23). Zenata dialects are distributed across the central Berber world (Maghreb), from northeastern Morocco to just west of Algiers, and the northern Sahara, from southwestern Algeria around Bechar to Zuwara in Libya. The most widely spoken Zenati languages are Tmazight of the Rif in northern Morocco and Tashawit Berber in northeastern Algeria, each of which have over 3 million speakers.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Chaoui people</span>

The Chaoui people or Shawia are an Amazigh (Berber) ethnic group native to the Aurès region in northeastern Algeria which spans Batna and Khenchla, Oum El Bouaghi provinces located in and surrounded by the Aurès Mountains.

Day is an Adamawa language of southern Chad, spoken by 50,000 or so people southeast of Sarh. Ethnologue reports that its dialects are mutually intelligible, but Blench (2004) lists Ndanga, Njira, Yani, Takawa as apparently separate languages.

Afade (Afaɗə) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in eastern Nigeria and northwestern Cameroon.

Dangaléat is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in central Chad. Speakers make up the majority of the population of Migami Canton in Mongo, Chad.

Tetserret is a Western Berber language spoken by the Ait-Awari and Kel Eghlal Tuareg tribes of the Akoubounou (Akabinu) commune in Niger. This main speech area is located between Abalak, Akoubounou and Shadwanka. The variant spoken by the Kel Eghlal is called taməsəɣlalt. The Tamasheq equivalent shin-sart / shin-sar / tin-sar is used in some older literature. Popular understanding among some Ait-Awari derives the name tet-serret, and its Tamasheq equivalent shin-sart, from expressions meaning 'the (language) of Sirte'.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jerba Berber</span> Berber language of Tunisia

Tamazight of Djerba, Chelha of Djerba, or Djerbi is a Berber language of the Eastern Maghreb, spoken on the island of Djerba, in Tunisia. It is a component of what is regularly denominated Tunisian “Chelha”, in the south of the country.

Kabyle grammar is the grammar of the Kabyle language.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ouargli language</span> Zenati Berber language spoken in Algeria

Ouargli, or Teggargrent, is a Zenati Berber language. It is spoken in the oases of Ouargla (Wargrən) and N'Goussa (Ingusa) in Algeria.

Ait Seghrouchen Berber, or Seghroucheni (Seghrusheni), is a Zenati Berber language of the Eastern Middle Atlas Berber cluster. It is spoken by the Ait Seghrouchen tribe inhabiting east-central Morocco.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Igawawen</span> Ethnic group

Igawawen or Gawawa, mostly known as Zwawa were a group of Kabyle tribes inhabiting the Djurdjura mountains, Greater Kabylia, in Algeria, whose most famous and strongest confederations were those of the Aït Betrun, the Aït Iraten, and the Aït Mengellat, and are divided into various tribes, and the tribes themselves are divided into many villages. The Zouaoua are a branch of the Kutama tribe of the Baranis Berbers.

André Basset was a French linguist. René Basset was his father and Henri Basset his older brother.

Karima Dirèche is a French Algerian historian specialising in the contemporary history of the Maghreb. From September 2013 to August 2017, she has been the director of the Institute for Research on the Contemporary Maghreb in Tunis.

Salem Chaker is an Algerian linguist. A specialist in Berber linguistics, he is recognized as the "dean" of modern Berber studies.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tassadit Yacine</span>

Tassadit Yacine-Titouh is an Algerian anthropologist specialising in Berber culture.

Si Amar u Said Boulifa was an Algerian Kabyle Berberologist and teacher.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Zawiyet Sidi Amar Cherif</span> School in Algeria

Zawiyet Sidi Amar Cherif, or Zawiyet Sidi Daoud, is a zawiya school located in Boumerdès Province in Algeria.

References

  1. ↑ "BnF Catalogue général". bnf.fr. Retrieved 2023-04-27..
  2. ↑ "Jacques Lanfry : Un lion, l'Église et l'Islam". chretiensdelamediterranee.com. Retrieved 2023-04-29. Il a mené avec un autre Père Blanc, Jean-Marie Dallet (1909-1972), des travaux titanesques dans les domaines de la linguistique et de la connaissance du peuple berbère, accumulant des connaissances aux confins de la sociologie et de l'ethnographie, travaux qui seront reconnus dans les milieux universitaires en Algérie et en France, puis honorés par un hommage à l'INALCO en 1995
  3. ↑ "LE DIALOGUE ISLAMO-CHRÉTIEN À L'ÉCOLE DES PÈRES BLANCS". www.raco.cat. Retrieved 2023-04-29. Originaire du Cantal, passé par la diocèse d'Angers avant d'entrer chez les Pères Blancs, Jean-Marie Dallet rejoint Jacques Lanfry à Aït-Larbaa en 1934. Enthousiasmé par l'apprentissage de la langue kabyle, il devient la cheville ouvrière du Fichier de Documentation Berbère qu'il dirige jusqu'à sa mort soudaine en 1972. La disparition brutale de Jean-Marie Dallet interrompt aussi son minutieux travail de composition d'un Lexique de langue kabyle qui aboutit cependant en 1982 grace un effort collectif auquel participe activement Jacques Lanfry. Salué par les universitaires et les linguistes, ce Dictionnaire porte significativement le surmon de "Dallet"..
  4. ↑ "Une vie vouée aux études berbères". www.depechedekabylie.com. Retrieved 2023-04-29. Travailleur inlassable, homme d'une grande moralité, Jacques Lanfry, autant que Dallet et Henri Genevois, a rendu un énorme service à la culture berbère, ses œuvres : Ghef Unejme n taddart (L'assemblée du village, 1959), L'entraide au village kabyle, 1945, Taqsit n sidi M'hend u Seâdan,1947, et bien d'autres, sont un réservoir immense où les jeunes berbérisants peuvent puiser des informations très utiles.
  5. ↑ Dictionnaire Francais-Kabyle, Parler Des at Mangellat (Algérie). SELAF - Societe d'Etudes Linguistiques et Anthropologiques de France, 1985. 1982. p. introduction. ISBN   2852971437. Il est bien connu par ses publications antérieures. Dans le cadre du Fichier de documentation berbère, périodique dont il a assuré la direction pendant de longues années (1940-1972) , il nous a laissé : Le Verbe kabyle, lexique partiel du parler des At Mangellat, Tome I, formes simples (1953) ; et une Initiation à la langue berbère (Kabylie) , deux volumes (1960, épuisés) en collaboration avec Sr. Louis de Vincenncs.
  6. ↑ Dictionnaire Francais-Kabyle, Parler Des at Mangellat (Algérie). SELAF - Societe d'Etudes Linguistiques et Anthropologiques de France, 1985. 1982. p. introduction. ISBN   2852971437. Le dictionnaire kabyle-français que nous publions est fondamentalement l'œuvre de Jean-Marie DALLET. Œuvre posthume, puisque l'auteur nous a quittés en 1972
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.