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SOUTH SUDANESE ARABIC AND THE NEGOTIATION OF THE LOCAL STATE, c. 1840–2011*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2013

Cherry Leonardi
Cherry Leonardi*
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Durham University
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Author's email: d.c.leonardi@durham.ac.uk
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Abstract

This article explores the history of the creole South Sudanese Arabic language from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day. It analyses the historical evidence of language use in the light of insights drawn from linguistic studies of creolisation to argue that South Sudanese Arabic became an innovative and necessary means of communication among multiple actors within new fields of interaction. The article argues that these fields of interaction were both the product and the arena of local state formation. Rather than marking the boundary of the state, the spread of this creole language indicates the enlarging arenas of participation in the local state. The development and use of South Sudanese Arabic as an unofficial lingua franca of local government, trade, and urbanisation demonstrates that communication and negotiation among local actors has been central to the long-term processes of state formation in South Sudan.

Keywords

South SudanArabiclinguisticsstate formation
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Contesting Authority and Identity in Sudan
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The Journal of African History , Volume 54 , Issue 3 , November 2013 , pp. 351 - 372
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2013 

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Footnotes

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Research for this article was conducted as part of a broader project on the history of South Sudanese chiefship, which received funding at various stages from the AHRC, the British Academy, the British Institute in Eastern Africa, and the Leverhulme Trust. I am very grateful to Will Berridge, Douglas Johnson, Shuichiro Nakao, Noah Salomon, Chris Vaughan, Justin Willis and the reviewers of JAH for their most helpful comments and suggestions.

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