Kay Williamson

Kay Williamson (Alunlunsun 26, 1935, Hereford, United Kingdom – Alunlunsun 3, 2005, Brazil) ji Ruth Margaret Williamson e yin ogbe susu dotọ he yọn na oplọn gando ogbe Aflikanu lẹ tọn, tintengbe na mẹhe to Niger Delta to Naijilia lẹ, to fihe e nọ na nudi owhe kandeao (50). E nọ yin yiylọdọ Onọ ogbe susu dotọ Naijilia-nu lẹ tọn podọ e sọ yin yinyọnẹn na hinhẹn owekun Pan-Nigerian alphabet wa aimẹ.

Gbẹzan bẹjẹeji tọn

Wesetọ Kay Williamson yin jiji do Hereford, England, to fihe e nọ na owhe 18 tintan gbẹzan etọn tọn. E wọ wẹ yin ovi he whẹn hugan to ovi ṣidopo mẹ. Otọ́ etọn, Alfred Henry Williamson, ehe sọ yin yinyọnẹn taidi Hsrry, wẹ yin dowatọ Wyevale Nurseries he yin wehọmẹ yọpọvu lẹ tọn. [Otọ́]] etọn podo onọ etọn Harriett Eileen Williamson po diọ Wyevale nurseries do nuwatẹn daho de to Europe. Williamson yi wehọmẹ to Hereford girls' high school podo St Hilda's College, Oxford, to fihe e mọ gbedewema ( BA) yi te to yovogbemẹ to 1956, zọnpọ podo gbedewema daho (MA) po to 1960.

Azọ́n

Zinjẹgbonu susu etọn lẹ bẹ ohòagokun podo wezẹhomẹ to ogbe Ijo tọn mẹ, wezẹhomẹ Igbo tọn podo susu owe oplọn tọn lẹ he dọho do hosọ voovo lẹ ji.

Kay Williamson yin yinyọnẹn na vivẹnudido etọn na azọ́ngban nuwiwa gbangba tọn lẹ to ogbe mẹ. E tindo nujikudo lọ dọ ogbedotọ de dona gọalọna hodọtọ ogbe lọ lẹ tọn gando dodinanu etọn go nado basi kandai lẹ to ogbe yetọn mẹ. E yi ganmẹ he họakue zan nado nọgodona azọ́n wehihia pinplọn omẹ Ayimatẹn Rivers tọn lẹ, yedọ azọ́n de he yin awuwlena nado hẹn wehihia podo kinkàn po wa wehọmẹ pẹvi bẹjẹeji tọn lẹ to ogbe he dibla yi ko (20) mẹ he yin ogbe he nọ yin dido hugan to lẹdo omẹ Ijo tọn lẹ mẹ. Na enẹwutu, owe susu lẹ wẹ yin bibladopọ gbọn Williamson dali podo azọ́nwatọgbẹ etọn lẹ po.

To 2002, e yin dide taidi UNESCO Professor of Cultural Heritage, University of Port Harcourt, otẹn de he e hẹn bosọ nọ kakajẹ whenuena e basi matintọ.

Azọ́n etọn he yin zinzinjẹgonu lẹ yin vivọjlado gbọn Roger Blench dali.

Gbẹzan nukọnmẹ tọn

Williamson whẹn do amisa Methodist tọn mẹ bo wa lẹzun (Quaker to bẹjẹeji owhe 1990 tọn bosọ bẹ azọ́n avunlọyinamẹtọ jijọho tọn jẹeji).

E basi matintọ to whenue e tindo owhe 69 to Brazil to 3 Alunlunsun 2005.

Owe tangan lẹ

• Williamson, Kay. 1965 (2nd ed. 1969). A grammar of the Kolokuma dialect of Ịjọ. (West African Language Monographs, 2.) London: Cambridge University Press 2011: ISBN 0521175267
• Williamson, Kay, and Kiyoshi Shimizu (edd.).1968. Benue-Congo comparative wordlist:Volume I. Ibadan: West African Linguistic Society.
• Williamson, Kay (ed.) 1972. Igbo-English dictionary. Benin: Ethiope Publishing Corporation.
• Williamson, Kay (ed.). 1973. Benue-Congo comparative wordlist: Volume II. Ibadan: West African Linguistic Society.
• Williamson, Kay (ed.) 1983. Orthographies of Nigerian languages: Manual II. Lagos: National Language Centre, Federal Ministry of Education.
• Williamson, Kay, and A. O. Timitimi (edd.). 1983. Short Ịzọn-English dictionary. (Delta Series No. 3.) Port Harcourt: University of Port Harcourt Press. ISBN 978-2321-09-5, ISBN 978-978-2321-09-1
• Williamson, Kay. 1984. Practical orthography in Nigeria. Ibadan: Heinemann Educational Books.
• Williamson, Kay. 1971. "The Benue-Congo languages and Ịjọ". In: Current Trends in Linguistics, Vol. 7, series ed. by T. A. Sebeok, 245-306.
• Williamson, Kay. 1979. "Small languages in primary education: the Rivers Readers Project as a case history". African Languages/Langues Africaines 5:2.95-l05.
• Williamson, Kay. 1989. "Niger-Congo Overview". In: The Niger-Congo languages, ed. by John Bendor-Samuel, 3-45. University Press of America. ISBN 0819173754
• Williamson, Kay. 1989. "Benue-Congo Overview". In: The Niger-Congo languages, ed. by John Bendor-Samuel, 246-274. University Press of America. ISBN 0819173754
• Williamson, Kay, and Roger Blench. 2000. "Niger-Congo".In: African languages: an introduction, ed. B. Heine and D. Nurse, Chapter 2, 11-42. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521661781

Nọtẹn gbonu devo lẹ

• Bamgbose, Ayo (2005-02-28). "Obituary: Kay Williamson : An authority on Nigerian languages, she devoted herself to education in west Africa". The Guardian.