Away from politics - Linguistic Archeology from Sudan:

By Professor Abdullah Awoodhah Hamour

First of all I thought of choosing the title “Who listens? And who reads?” for this article. The title is taken from a Sudanese mythology which goes as follows:
Once upon a time, a fox saw a cock on a tree and said to him “the Sultan has decreed that hostilities between chicken and the fox, cat and mouse, and hyena and sheep must cease immediately” so why don’t you come down so that we can chill?
Instantly, a dog appeared and the fox fled the scene. The cock shouted “why don’t you read him the Sultan’s decree?” and the fox replied “now who listens and who reads”.
That was the basis for the Sudanese saying used when reality supersedes facts, laws, and good deeds.
Originally, I thought of titling this article “The Meedops of Northern Darfur speak German, or the English speak Dungulawi language, or the Algerians speak Halfawi language” then I opted for the title “Linguistic Archaeologies”. I thought this title is more appropriate.

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