Roland Kiessling
Roland Kiessling | |
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| Born | Roland Kießling 25 July 1962 |
| Nationality | German |
| Occupation | Linguist |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Hamburg |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | University of Hamburg |
| Main interests | Languages of Africa |
Roland Kiessling (German: Roland Kießling; born 25 July 1962 in Hamburg, West Germany) is a German linguist and Africanist. Kiessling's research interests include language documentation, phonetics, historical linguistics, Cushitic languages (particularly the South Cushitic languages), Nilotic languages (particularly the Southern Nilotic languages), Niger-Congo languages (particularly the Southern Bantoid languages), and !Xoon.