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To what extent can we use a high-resolution comparative linguistics approach to open a window into human history when we lack tangible historical information? The Guaporé-Mamoré region, overlapping significant territory in the Bolivian and Brazilian lowlands, is one of the most linguistically and culturally diverse regions in the continent. In spite of that, we know extremely little about the history of a vast majority of the languages, and the indigenous nations who speak them, before the 20th century. In this talk I will discuss my ongoing research examining grammatical properties in order to triangulate historical information about the nations inhabiting of this area.

Jointly organised with BantUGent. To join the meeting online via MS teams, please contact Nina van der Vlugt.

Due to the distance measures taken by UGent to prevent the spread of CoViD-19, the next edition of our series "Get to know your colleagues" will take place via Bongo Virtual Classroom.

Christoph Anderl, Suzanne Burdorf, and Shan Bai will introduce themselves and tell us about their projects.

Sign up for ΔiaLing on Ufora to attend: https://ufora.ugent.be/d2l/home/209802.