37.1627, FYI: AfBo 2.0 Published, A Database of Affix Borrowing

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Subject: 37.1627, FYI: AfBo 2.0 Published, A Database of Affix Borrowing

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Date: 30-Apr-2026
From: Frank Seifart [frank.seifart at cnrs.fr]
Subject: AfBo 2.0 Published, A Database of Affix Borrowing


We are pleased to announce the release of AfBo 2.0
(https://afbo.info/), a significantly expanded and updated version of
the Affix Borrowing (AfBo) database, originally published in 2013.
AfBo 2.0 provides detailed descriptions of 132 cases of affix
borrowing, i.e., cases where one language borrowed at least one affix
from another language, involving a total of 754 borrowed affixes. It
also includes an online interface with descriptions of borrowed
affixes, examples of combinations of borrowed affixes with native
stems, search functions, maps, and 331 bibliographical references. The
entire underlying database can be downloaded as a CLDF dataset and is
freely accessible to facilitate cross-linguistic research on language
contact. The dataset being available in CLDF also allows for easy
publication within the Cross-Linguistic Linked Data (CLLD) framework,
like other CLDF resources such as Glottolog and Grambank. AfBo 2.0 is
edited by Frank Seifart and Francesco Gardani, and the CLDF dataset is
curated by Robert Forkel. We invite you to explore this new release at
https://afbo.info/.

Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics
                     Morphology
                     Typology




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