Prof. Jean-Pierre Donzo (ISP-Gombe, Kinshasa) at BantUGent for a research stay

From April 4 until June 30, 2023, Prof. Jean-Pierre Donzo (ISP-Gombe, Kinshasa) is on a BantuFirst-funded research leave at Ghent University to

  1. work on the new data he collected on Lotwa Bantu languages during a BantuFirst-funded fieldwork mission in the Sankuru province last year;
  2. prepare a new phylogenetic study on Bantu languages of the Congo Rainforest with Guy Kouarata, Sara Pacchiarotti and Koen Bostoen;
  3. continue his historical-comparative research on the velar merger in Central-Western Bantu languages with Sara Pacchiarotti and Koen Bostoen;
  4. prepare new fieldwork on Lotwa Bantu languages in the Kasai province.

For more info, check here.