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Karaim

Teacher: Professor Henryk Jankowski, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań

Class Level: Beginners & Intermediate

Class Schedule 2024-25: Beginners class Fridays from 10:45-11:45 UK Time; Intermediate class Fridays from 12:00-13:00 (you can check time-zone comparisons on sites such as this one)

Class Length: Beginners class 1-term class (Trinity Term 2025); Intermediate class 1-term class (Trinity Term 2025) (Oxford dates of term are available on the University website)

Class Description: The aim of the Beginners class is to provide the learner with basic knowledge of Karaim, its history, dialects and variants as well as the sociolinguistic data on the language. The practical part of the course includes instruction with conversation, reading and writing.
The description of the Intermediate class is forthcoming.

Reference Materials:
-Csató, Éva Á. 2011a. Karajče ürianiabiź. Karajče jaz üriatiuviu. Draft 6 [Let’s learn Karaim. Karaim Summer School]. Manuscript.
-Csató, Éva Á. 2011b. 9. Karajče jaz üriatiuviu. Grammar [9th meeting of the Karaim Summer School. Grammar]. Manuscript.
-Csató, Éva Á. 2011c. 9. Karajče jaz Üriatiuviu. Ochumachlar [9th meeting of Karaim Summer School. Reader]. Manuscript.
-Firkovičius, Mykolas 1996. Mień karajče ürianiam. Vilnius: Danielius.
-Kobeckaitė, Halina 2011. Rozmówki polsko-karaimsko-litewskie [A Polish-Karaim-Lithuanian phrasebook]. Wrocław: Bitik.
-Kocaoğlu, Timur 2006. Karay. The Trakai Dialect. In collaboration with Mykolas Firkovičius. Munich: Lincom Europa.
-Németh, Michał 2011. Zwięzła gramatyka języka zachodniokaraimskiego z ćwiczeniami [A concise West Karaim grammar with exercises]. Poznań: Katedra Studiów Azjatyckich.
-The website of the Polish Karaim Association: https://karaimi.org (contains much useful data and some resources to read)