Hounkpati B Christophe Capo

**Hounkpati B Christophe Capo** (amụrụ na Jenụwarị 1, 1953 ) bụ onye Beninese asụsụ, na prọfesọ nke asụsụ na Mahadum Abomey-Calavi na Republic of Benin .

## Akụkọ ndụ
Hounkpati B Christophe Capo nwere nzere mmadu (1974) na nzere masta na linguistics (1977) site na National University of Benin (UNB), Master of Arts (1977) na Ph.D. na linguistics sitere na Mahadum Ghana (1981). Ọ kụziri ma rụkọọ ọrụ n'ọtụtụ mahadum dị na West Africa, ọkachasị mahadum Benin City na Ilorin dị na Nigeria na 1978.

Egoro ya dị ka osote prọfesọ na 1986 na National University of Benin, a kwalitere ya ọtụtụ oge n'ime Conseil africain et malgache de l'enseignement supérieur (CAMES). Onye odeakwụkwọ nwa oge na-adịgide adịgide nke kansụl sayensị nke National University of Benin site na 1994 ruo 1999, e mere ya mma dị ka onye isi nke usoro mba Benin na 1995 wee bụrụ onye isi nke usoro mba Benin na 2008.

N'ịbụ onye nwere ụmụ ise, prọfesọ nyocha a ma ama, onye nduzi sayensị nke Labo-Gbe, ụlọ nyocha mba ụwa nke asụsụ Gbe (Gadomè, Bénin), o deela akwụkwọ asaa, isi akwụkwọ iri na atọ na ihe karịrị isiokwu iri ise na nyocha sayensị. Ọ bụ onye otu ọtụtụ obodo mmụta gụnyere Société Linguistique de l'Afrique de l'Ouest (SLAO) (Linguistic Society of West Africa) na Institut International de Recherche et de Formation (INIREF) (International Institute of Research and Training) na Cotonou, Benin na onye nchịkọta akụkọ ma ọ bụ osote onye nchịkọta akụkọ nke ọtụtụ akwụkwọ akụkọ sayensị mba ụwa. Ọ eduzila ọtụtụ akwụkwọ doctoral na Benin na ebe ndị ọzọ wee nye aka na nkwalite nke ọtụtụ ndị ọrụ ibe ya na ngalaba ya.

Capo bụ osote onye nduzi nke ụlọ akwụkwọ doctoral multidisciplinary nke Faculty of Letters, Arts and Social Sciences nke Aplahoué na Ngalaba Kouffo na ndịda ọdịda anyanwụ Benin, otu ụlọ ọrụ nke Mahadum Abomey-Calavi.

Hounkpati B Christophe Capo mere nyocha wee kuziere ya na ngalaba mmụta asụsụ na ebe ọmụmụ Afrịka n'ọtụtụ mahadum: Mahadum Cologne (Germany), Mahadum Cornell (US), Mahadum Gainesville (US), Mahadum Ohio State (US), Massachusetts Institute. nke Technology (US), Université du Québec à Montréal (Canada), CASAS South Africa, University of Ghana (Lagon), University of Hamburg (Germany), University of Frankfurt (Germany), University of Bayreuth (Germany), University of Bremen (Germany).

A na-ejikọta ya na njikọ mmepe nke Comé kemgbe afọ 2002 ma bụrụkwa onye kansụl nọ ọdụ n'ebe ahụ.

## Ọrụ
Hounkpati B Christophe Capo arụwo ọrụ na nhazigharị nke asụsụ nke Gbe dialectal continuum, nke a na-akpọbu asụsụ Aja-Eve nke Ọwara Benin na West Africa. Malite n’afọ 1930, e bipụtara akwụkwọ ndị e bipụtara n’asụsụ Gbe n’ike n’ike, ihe ka n’ọnụ ọgụgụ n’asụsụ Gbe n’otu n’otu.

Capo setịpụrụ nkewa nke asụsụ Gbe na nrụzigharị nke phonology nke proto-Gbe. Capo mere ọtụtụ n'ime nyocha maka nkewa a n'afọ ndị 1970, e bipụtakwara nsonaazụ ụfọdụ n'afọ 1970 na mmalite afọ 1980 dị ka isiokwu gbasara mmepe phonological ụfọdụ na alaka dị iche iche nke asụsụ Gbe, ọkachasị dị ka mkpụrụedemede ọkọlọtọ maka asụsụ Gbe.

Nnukwu ọrụ mbụ ya, Renaissance du Gbe (1988), bipụtara nhazi nke asụsụ Gbe maka oge mbụ. Na 1991, o bipụtara Comparative phonology of Gbe. N'ime oge a, o guzobekwara Labo Gbe (Int.), Laboratoire de recherche sur les langues Gbe (Research Laboratory on Gbe Languages) nke dabeere na Benin, nke na-akwalite nyocha ma bipụtala ọtụtụ akụkọ na akwụkwọ gbasara asụsụ Gbe. Labo Gbe, na Gadomè n'okporo ụzọ Cotonou-Lomé 40 km site na Cotonou, nwere nnukwu nchịkọta akwụkwọ na akwụkwọ akụkọ sayensị akpọrọ Etudes Gbe – Gbe Studies.

## Akwụkwọ ndị e bipụtara

* 1982: Hounkpati B.C. Capo: ̊ Gbe bụ asụsụ pụrụ iche (Gbe Is A Unique Language), Africa, Journal of the International African Institute; London.    
* 1988: Hounkpati B.C. Capo: *Afọ iri nke mbipụta na asụsụ (1977-1987) (Afọ iri nke akwụkwọ na asụsụ (19 1977-1987)) *, Garome, Laboratoire international des parlers Gbe (International Laboratory of Gbe Speakers),    
* 1988: Hounkpati B.C. Capo: Renaissance du Gbe (nchọpụta dị mma na nke na-ewuli elu banyere Eve, Fon, Gen, Aja, Gun, wdg), Hamburg: Helmut Buske Verlag  .  
* 1989: Hounkpati B.C. Capo: Linguistique Constructive en Afrique Noire, Hamburg, Helmut Buske Verlag  .  
* 1989: Hounkpati B.C. Capo: Nkọwa okwu nke gbe: echiche ntụnyere.  AAP- Afrikanistische Arbeitspapiere, No. 19 (Cologne.)   
* 1991: Hounkpati B.C. Capo: A Comparative Phonology of Gbe, Publications in African Languages and Linguistics, 14.  Berlin/New York: Foris Publications na Garome, Benin: Labo Gbe (Int.)   
* 1998: Hounkpati B.C. Capo: *Nchịkọta nke asụsụ Benin*, Florida Hills, Vivlia    
* 2000: Hounkpati B.C. Capo: *The New Ewe Orthography: Dabere na Gbe Uniform Standard Orthograph (GUSO),* The Centre for Advanced Studies of African Society (CASAS), South Africa  .  
* 2002: Hounkpati B.C. Capo: Ụzọ pan-dialectal maka mgbakọ orthographic: ikpe nke asụsụ Gbe nke West Africa, na PRAH, Kwesi Kwaa.  2002. Ide edemede Africa: nkwekọrịta nke nkwekọrịta orthographic n'asụsụ Africa.  Cape Town: Centre for Advanced Studies of African Society (CASAS).    ISBN&nbsp;
* 2005: Hounkpati B.C. Capo, Bedou-Jondoh Edith, Bolouvi Lebene-Philippe, Gagnon Daniel, Gbeto Flavien, Gnamiato Victorie, Kinhou Severin-Marie, Semadegbe Jules, Tohoun Benjamin. Nkọwapụta nke asụsụ Gbe nke Ghana, Togo, Benin na Nigeria. Cape Town: Centre for Advanced Studies of African Society (CASAS), 31 p.  .  
* 2009: Hounkpati B.C. Capo, Flavien Gbéto na Adrien Huannou: Asụsụ Africa na nkuzi na Benin: nsogbu na echiche, Cape Town, Centre for Advanced Studies of African Society (CASAS) - Garome, Laboratory International gbe (LABO GBE)  .  

## Akwụkwọ ndị e bipụtara
Capo ebipụtala isiokwu na akwụkwọ akụkọ ndị a: 

* Asụsụ na Ọdịnihu (Benin) 
* Akwụkwọ Ọmụmụ Asụsụ (Benin) 
* Journal of West African Languages (USA) 
* Journal of African Languages and Linguistics
* Asụsụ Africa (Paris) 
* Ọmụmụ Gbe - Ọmụmụ Gb (Benin) 
* Akụkọ ihe mere eme nke Mahadum Abidjan (Ivory Coast) 
* Magazin asụsụ Quebec (Canada) 
* Ọmụmụ Asụsụ Africa
* Afrika und Übersee (Germany) 
* AAP: Afrikanistische Arbeitspapiere (Cologne) 
* SUGIA Sprache un Geschichte na Afrika (Cologne) 
* Africa, Journal of the International African Institute. [Ihe e dere n'ala ala peeji]

## Hụkwa
 

* Asụsụ Ayizo
* Asụsụ Gbe
* Asụsụ Phla-Pherá
* Otu orthographe standard du gbe  (n'asụsụ French) 

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