Thomas J. Hinnebusch, Professor Emeritus of Linguistics and African Languages; Department of Linguistics, University of California, Los Angeles (hinnebus@humnet.ucla.edu)

Charles Kisseberth, Professor Emeritus of Tel Aviv University, and the University of Illinois, Champaign, Urbana (kissber@hotmail.com)

Jasmin Mahazi, Doctoral candidate, The Berlin Graduate School Muslim Cultures and Societies (Freie Universität Berlin) (jasmin.mahazi@gmail.com)

Meikal Mumin, Ph.D Candidate under Prof. G. Dimmendal, University of Cologne, Germany (meikal@mumin.de)

Derek Nurse, Professor Emeritus of Memorial University; St. John’s, Newfoundland (dereknurse@shaw.ca)

Alessandra Vianello, Independent Researcher; Brava, Somalia; and London, England (abudsandra@googlemail.com)