Maarten Kossmann
@maartenkossmann.bsky.social
Berber linguistics // linguistique amazighe // ⵜⵎⵓⵙⵏⵉ ⵏ ⵜⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵜ
Universiteit Leiden
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Profile picture: RIL 135
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Profile picture: RIL 135
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some incoherent thoughts about Numidian BNS.
in funerary inscriptions in the eastern script (the one we can read), the term BNS appears about 228 times, making it the most frequent word in the corpus.
The literature normally interprets it as BN-S "his/her stone" with the Amazigh 3S suffix -s.
in funerary inscriptions in the eastern script (the one we can read), the term BNS appears about 228 times, making it the most frequent word in the corpus.
The literature normally interprets it as BN-S "his/her stone" with the Amazigh 3S suffix -s.
Some further thought about BNS in Numidian inscriptions
The term is mostly interpreted as “his stone”, but Rössler suggests that “his wife” would be better (unbeknownst to him, it even could make sense etymologically)
Personally, I find this unexpected for a grave stone, but that is irrelevant.
The term is mostly interpreted as “his stone”, but Rössler suggests that “his wife” would be better (unbeknownst to him, it even could make sense etymologically)
Personally, I find this unexpected for a grave stone, but that is irrelevant.
I have this feeling that the ancient historian in the meme is Massinissa (please correct me if I am wrong, this is important)
November 10, 2025 at 7:44 PM
I have this feeling that the ancient historian in the meme is Massinissa (please correct me if I am wrong, this is important)
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Hot take: if you post something nice and then go on to explain how crucial it is to find some distraction from the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad state of the world these days, that second part kind of ruins your post's distraction potential.
November 10, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Hot take: if you post something nice and then go on to explain how crucial it is to find some distraction from the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad state of the world these days, that second part kind of ruins your post's distraction potential.
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Linguistics at the Center for the Human Past, "historical linguistics pertaining to one or more language families of Africa, Oceania, and Eurasia" desired: www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
Postdoctoral Researcher in Linguistics at the Center for the Human Past - Uppsala University
Postdoctoral Researcher in Linguistics at the Center for the Human Past, Department of Linguistics and Philology, Uppsala University
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November 10, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Postdoctoral Researcher in Linguistics at the Center for the Human Past, "historical linguistics pertaining to one or more language families of Africa, Oceania, and Eurasia" desired: www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
People do not talk enough about the fact that the Neo-Punic translation of Latin Imperator is a loan from Numidian
(Lepcis Magna Neo-Punic 14: mynkd, Numdian MNKDH)
(Lepcis Magna Neo-Punic 14: mynkd, Numdian MNKDH)
November 8, 2025 at 11:15 AM
People do not talk enough about the fact that the Neo-Punic translation of Latin Imperator is a loan from Numidian
(Lepcis Magna Neo-Punic 14: mynkd, Numdian MNKDH)
(Lepcis Magna Neo-Punic 14: mynkd, Numdian MNKDH)
A short thread on onomastics in Numidian inscriptions (eastern script).
Indexes of names in eastern Numidian inscriptions (Chabot 1940, Rebuffat 2018) provide us with an almost ridiculous number of different names. I wondered if this is correct, or if this is due to the messiness of the corpus.
Indexes of names in eastern Numidian inscriptions (Chabot 1940, Rebuffat 2018) provide us with an almost ridiculous number of different names. I wondered if this is correct, or if this is due to the messiness of the corpus.
November 6, 2025 at 2:19 PM
A short thread on onomastics in Numidian inscriptions (eastern script).
Indexes of names in eastern Numidian inscriptions (Chabot 1940, Rebuffat 2018) provide us with an almost ridiculous number of different names. I wondered if this is correct, or if this is due to the messiness of the corpus.
Indexes of names in eastern Numidian inscriptions (Chabot 1940, Rebuffat 2018) provide us with an almost ridiculous number of different names. I wondered if this is correct, or if this is due to the messiness of the corpus.
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Reposted by Maarten Kossmann
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October 31, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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Suivez les RS de l’EMKP pour +d’infos
✨AZUL!✨
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not a guinea pig, -apologies-, but still for @nathanielbdemiller.bsky.social
October 31, 2025 at 8:29 PM
not a guinea pig, -apologies-, but still for @nathanielbdemiller.bsky.social
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From Mercier's collection:
A sentence that encapsulates in two words for "penalty" the dual regime of customary law (izmaz) & civil law (lʕaqubt < Ar. عقوبة).
Caïd to water overseer:
"unna ur irin ad-aš iš izmaz tʕalmt-i ad-as gɣ lʕaqubt taxatart"
A sentence that encapsulates in two words for "penalty" the dual regime of customary law (izmaz) & civil law (lʕaqubt < Ar. عقوبة).
Caïd to water overseer:
"unna ur irin ad-aš iš izmaz tʕalmt-i ad-as gɣ lʕaqubt taxatart"
October 31, 2025 at 7:18 PM
From Mercier's collection:
A sentence that encapsulates in two words for "penalty" the dual regime of customary law (izmaz) & civil law (lʕaqubt < Ar. عقوبة).
Caïd to water overseer:
"unna ur irin ad-aš iš izmaz tʕalmt-i ad-as gɣ lʕaqubt taxatart"
A sentence that encapsulates in two words for "penalty" the dual regime of customary law (izmaz) & civil law (lʕaqubt < Ar. عقوبة).
Caïd to water overseer:
"unna ur irin ad-aš iš izmaz tʕalmt-i ad-as gɣ lʕaqubt taxatart"
Reposted by Maarten Kossmann
October 30, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Reposted by Maarten Kossmann
Reposted by Maarten Kossmann
Today in Chintabaraden there was a ceremony for the new chief of the Ibarkorayan Acharifan.
In Tamajeq this kind of ceremony is called tangaṭ (the veiling) .
In Tamajeq this kind of ceremony is called tangaṭ (the veiling) .
October 26, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Today in Chintabaraden there was a ceremony for the new chief of the Ibarkorayan Acharifan.
In Tamajeq this kind of ceremony is called tangaṭ (the veiling) .
In Tamajeq this kind of ceremony is called tangaṭ (the veiling) .
Chabot gets irritated (RIL 873)
October 30, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Chabot gets irritated (RIL 873)
Working from home today
October 30, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Working from home today
Some further thought about BNS in Numidian inscriptions
The term is mostly interpreted as “his stone”, but Rössler suggests that “his wife” would be better (unbeknownst to him, it even could make sense etymologically)
Personally, I find this unexpected for a grave stone, but that is irrelevant.
The term is mostly interpreted as “his stone”, but Rössler suggests that “his wife” would be better (unbeknownst to him, it even could make sense etymologically)
Personally, I find this unexpected for a grave stone, but that is irrelevant.
some incoherent thoughts about Numidian BNS.
in funerary inscriptions in the eastern script (the one we can read), the term BNS appears about 228 times, making it the most frequent word in the corpus.
The literature normally interprets it as BN-S "his/her stone" with the Amazigh 3S suffix -s.
in funerary inscriptions in the eastern script (the one we can read), the term BNS appears about 228 times, making it the most frequent word in the corpus.
The literature normally interprets it as BN-S "his/her stone" with the Amazigh 3S suffix -s.
October 28, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Some further thought about BNS in Numidian inscriptions
The term is mostly interpreted as “his stone”, but Rössler suggests that “his wife” would be better (unbeknownst to him, it even could make sense etymologically)
Personally, I find this unexpected for a grave stone, but that is irrelevant.
The term is mostly interpreted as “his stone”, but Rössler suggests that “his wife” would be better (unbeknownst to him, it even could make sense etymologically)
Personally, I find this unexpected for a grave stone, but that is irrelevant.
Note to self.
If you inscribe a stone and make two panels - make sure to repeat the same text in both panels (RIL 601)
If you inscribe a stone and make two panels - make sure to repeat the same text in both panels (RIL 601)
October 28, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Note to self.
If you inscribe a stone and make two panels - make sure to repeat the same text in both panels (RIL 601)
If you inscribe a stone and make two panels - make sure to repeat the same text in both panels (RIL 601)
Apparently Gonzague Ryckmans, best known for his work on Arabian inscriptions, also worked on Libyan texts in Algeria — which makes sense, as he collaborated with Chabot. Assuming this is the same G. Ryckmans of course 🤷
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October 26, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Apparently Gonzague Ryckmans, best known for his work on Arabian inscriptions, also worked on Libyan texts in Algeria — which makes sense, as he collaborated with Chabot. Assuming this is the same G. Ryckmans of course 🤷
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Thz name of Jujube fruit
#Tamacheq : abaka
#Tamajeq : azəggar
#Tetserret : ažwar
#Tadaksahak : ažwar
#Tagdalt : ažwar
#Tamacheq : abaka
#Tamajeq : azəggar
#Tetserret : ažwar
#Tadaksahak : ažwar
#Tagdalt : ažwar
October 24, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Thz name of Jujube fruit
#Tamacheq : abaka
#Tamajeq : azəggar
#Tetserret : ažwar
#Tadaksahak : ažwar
#Tagdalt : ažwar
#Tamacheq : abaka
#Tamajeq : azəggar
#Tetserret : ažwar
#Tadaksahak : ažwar
#Tagdalt : ažwar
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Climbing the scaffolds and replastering this earthen building together is a beautiful sight, and a powerful metaphor for
language, as I wrote in @annualreviews.bsky.social doi.org/10.1146/annu... (h/t @maartenkossmann.bsky.social)
language, as I wrote in @annualreviews.bsky.social doi.org/10.1146/annu... (h/t @maartenkossmann.bsky.social)
October 24, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Climbing the scaffolds and replastering this earthen building together is a beautiful sight, and a powerful metaphor for
language, as I wrote in @annualreviews.bsky.social doi.org/10.1146/annu... (h/t @maartenkossmann.bsky.social)
language, as I wrote in @annualreviews.bsky.social doi.org/10.1146/annu... (h/t @maartenkossmann.bsky.social)
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Sidi Yati
October 24, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Sidi Yati
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De Nederlandstalige cultuurdienst van Sint-Jans Molenbeek geeft het startschot voor de ontwikkeling van een volwaardige Amazigh-collectie.
Molenbeek wil met Amazigh-project Berbertaal in de kijker zetten
De Nederlandstalige cultuurdienst van Sint-Jans Molenbeek geeft het startschot voor de ontwikkeling van een volwaardige Amazigh-collectie.
short.bruzz.be
October 24, 2025 at 2:53 PM
De Nederlandstalige cultuurdienst van Sint-Jans Molenbeek geeft het startschot voor de ontwikkeling van een volwaardige Amazigh-collectie.
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avec un clin d'oeil au beau livre d'Ari Awagana et @camillelefebvre.bsky.social paru cette année, qui est *checks notes* disponible en accès libre donc je sais pas ce que vous attendez😤
L’œuvre en kanouri d'al-Hajj Musa ibn Hissein, un savant du Borno (Niger-Nigéria) share.google/iUY8IzKQ72Uz...
L’œuvre en kanouri d'al-Hajj Musa ibn Hissein, un savant du Borno (Niger-Nigéria) share.google/iUY8IzKQ72Uz...
L’œuvre en kanouri d'al-Hajj Musa ibn Hissein, un savant du Borno (Niger-Nigéria)
"L’œuvre en kanouri d'al-Hajj Musa ibn Hissein, un savant du Borno (Niger-Nigéria)" published on 23 Jun 2025 by Brill.
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October 24, 2025 at 1:21 PM
avec un clin d'oeil au beau livre d'Ari Awagana et @camillelefebvre.bsky.social paru cette année, qui est *checks notes* disponible en accès libre donc je sais pas ce que vous attendez😤
L’œuvre en kanouri d'al-Hajj Musa ibn Hissein, un savant du Borno (Niger-Nigéria) share.google/iUY8IzKQ72Uz...
L’œuvre en kanouri d'al-Hajj Musa ibn Hissein, un savant du Borno (Niger-Nigéria) share.google/iUY8IzKQ72Uz...
Building up: The annual replastering of the Djinguereber Mosque, also known as Djingareyber, in Timbuktu. It was erected in the 14th century during the reign of Mansa Kankou Moussa and is 700 years old.
Photo: Hameye Capii/AFP
Photo: Hameye Capii/AFP
October 24, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Impressive work pace by Abbé Chabot in 1916 - studying 1000 Punic votive inscriptions + tens of funerary and other texts in a time span of just three weeks 🤯
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October 23, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Impressive work pace by Abbé Chabot in 1916 - studying 1000 Punic votive inscriptions + tens of funerary and other texts in a time span of just three weeks 🤯
@bnuyaminim.bsky.social @safaitic.bsky.social
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