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Welcome to Kapchits.Online
- News & Publications Interviews, press coverage and travel essays: the 2006 and 2012 interviews, The Guardian on the Hargeisa Book Fair, and the 2009 …
  - The Guardian on the Hargeisa Book Fair The Guardian's report on the fifth Hargeisa International Book Fair, where Dr. Kapchits presented 'Somalis Do Not Lie in Proverbs'
  - “Somalis Do Not Use Proverbs to Lie”: Dr. Georgi Kapchits in the Horn Newspaper Interview with Dr. Georgi Kapchits at the 5th Hargeisa Book Fair, where he presented 'Soomaalidu Been ma Maahmaahdo' — on the …
  - The WardheerNews Interview (2006): Selected Passages Selected passages, in English translation, from the Somali-language interview WardheerNews published with Dr. Georgi Kapchits on …
- Publications Complete bibliography of Dr. Kapchits' academic works including monographs, articles, and folklore collections
  - Books The complete list of G. L. Kapchits's books with full imprints: proverbs, folktales, the dictionary, and the monograph on sentence …
  - Articles & Papers The complete bibliography of G. L. Kapchits's articles, conference papers, reviews and notes, 1975–2009, with publication details
    - Some results of the Somali paremiological experiment in Berlin and Arhus The fullest account of the Somali paremiological experiment: how the corpus of 656 truncated proverbs was built, how 45 informants …
    - Kinship Terms in Somali and Oromo: A Comparative Study Comprehensive comparative analysis of kinship terminology systems in Cushitic languages
    - Variants and Variations of Somali Proverbs Deviations from the standard proverbial form divide into variations, which leave the general meaning intact, and variants, which …
    - Paremias without sentence particles Eight types of Somali proverbs in which the obligatory sentence particles are absent — and the group in which no particle can be …
    - Introduction to Aliqeyr Mohamed Nur's "Dhibkii Dheef Baa Ka Dambaysay" G. L. Kapchits's introduction to the Somali novel Dhibkii Dheef Baa Ka Dambaysay (Well-being after suffering) by Aliqeyr Mohamed …
    - Drought in Somali Folklore A column by Dr. Georgi Kapchits on drought as a plot-shaping motif of the Somali narrative tradition — from 'A Soothsayer Tested' …
    - The Country of Poets and Pirates An essay on a two-week journey through Somalia and Puntland in May 2009, with meetings with President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, …
    - Lamberti's Maps of Somali Dialects and the Current Socio-Linguistic Situation in South Somalia A study arguing that Marcello Lamberti's dialect maps need updating after the war-driven migrations in South Somalia, with a …
    - Men and Women in the Somali Narrative Folklore A conference paper on what Somali proverbs and folktales say about women, their place in the traditional society and their …
    - On Some Peculiarities of the Somali Language, Proverbs and Folktales A conference paper outlining the grammar of Somali, the genres of Somali folk prose, the poetics of the proverb and the nature of …
  - Somali Proverbs Research The paremiological experiment: which Somali proverbs are actually known, how that was established, and what the figures showed
    - The proverbs shown on this site The full set of Somali proverbs that appear, one at a time, on the front page — with their sources
  - Folklore Collections Collections and analyses of Somali oral traditions, folktales, and cultural narratives
    - Out of the Mouth of Babes and Sucklings An essay by Dr. Georgi Kapchits on children's wisdom in Somali folklore — and a memorable encounter in a Somali class in Aarhus
  - Reviews Reviews of Dr. Kapchits's books by B. W. Andrzejewski, Aliqeyr M. Nur, Cabdiraxmaan Faarax 'Barwaaqo' and Maxamed Xasan 'Alto', …
- Research Portfolio Comprehensive overview of Dr. Kapchits' research projects, fieldwork, and scholarly contributions
  - Kinship Terms in Somali and Oromo Comprehensive study of Somali and Oromo kinship terminology within Cushitic language systems
  - Scholars in the Country of Poets Notes on the 8th International Congress of Somali Studies (Hargeisa, July 3-13, 2001) by Dr. Georgi Kapchits — poets, papers and …
  - Conferences & Congresses Congresses and conferences at which Dr. Kapchits presented his work on Somali syntax, paremiology and folklore, from Mogadishu …
  - Research Projects The paremiological experiment, the dictionary of Somali proverbs, kinship terminology and dialect research — the long-running …
- Somalistics Work on the language itself: the sentence particle system, kinship terminology, the dialects of southern Somalia, and the archaic …
  - Somali Grammar & Syntax The Somali sentence particles waa, baa and waxaa: how focus is marked, and what the proverbs preserve of an older grammar
  - Lexical Glossaries Somali lexical studies by Dr. Kapchits: the kinship terminology corpus published with V. Ya. Porkhomovsky (2008) and the archaic …
  - Media & Broadcasting Radio Moscow's Somali service, the 2009 travel essays from Somalia, and recorded interviews with Dr. Kapchits
- About Dr. Georgi L. Kapchits The life and academic record of Dr. Georgi L. Kapchits: education, the Somali service of Radio Moscow, teaching, field visits, …
- Contact How to reach Dr. Georgi L. Kapchits — correspondence on Somali language, proverbs and folklore
- FAQ Common questions about Dr. Georgi Kapchits, the Somali paremiological minimum, the books, and the use of material published on …
- For Students A practical starting point for students of Somali: what to read first, why the focus particles matter, and how to record proverbs …
- Photographs Photographs from the archive of Dr. Georgi L. Kapchits: Mogadishu, Puntland, Djibouti, Ohio
- Resources External links for Somali studies: institutions, associations, journals, language archives and Somali-language media
- Terms & Copyright Copyright, citation, third-party materials and privacy on Kapchits.online

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