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4 unusual facts about Bernd Heine


Bernd Heine

From 1968 to 1969 he was an assistant at the Department for African Studies of the Cologne University, from 1969 to 1972 he was a lecturer and from 1975 to 1978 visiting professor at the University of Nairobi.

In 1990 he received the Kenya Kiswahili Association Award in Nairobi, in 1994 he was Fellow of the Australian Research Council, in 1995 he received an award from the National Kiswahili Council of the Republic of Tanzania.

Logba people

Logba is only distantly related to its direct neighbours Avatime and Nyagbo-Tafi; according to Bernd Heine (1968) it is more closely related to the Akpafu and Santrokofi languages spoken northwards.

Macro-Somali languages

The Macro-Somali languages or (in the conception of Bernd Heine, who does not include Baiso) Sam languages are a branch of the Lowland East Cushitic languages in the classification of those who do not accept the unity of Omo–Tana.



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