The Bantu Languages of Africa

The Bantu Languages of Africa PDF Author: M. A. Bryan
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351599674
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 214

Book Description
The area covered by this book, originally published in 1953, is one that has long been recognized as presenting many problems from the point of view of Bantu linguistic studies. Almost all the material set out in this present work is based on notes taken in the field, and in many cases presented completely new facts. The sources of the information used are listed at the end of the linguistic description of each of the groups of languages dealt with. Since there are so many languages to be covered it would be impracticable to give even an outline of the main features of each of them, so an outline is given of the main characteristics of each separate group. One language is used as the type for each group, for the purpose of listing examples of the nominal prefixes, verbal conjugation, and personal prefixes. Other features are illustrated from whichever language is the most suitable.

The Bantu Languages

The Bantu Languages PDF Author: Derek Nurse
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135796831
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 727

Book Description
Gerard Philippson is Professor of Bantu Languages at the Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales and is a member of the Dyamique de Langage research team of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Lyon II University. He has mainly worked on comparative Bantu tonology. Other areas of interest include Afro-Asiatic, general phonology, linguistic classification and its correlation with population genetics.

The Southern Bantu Languages

The Southern Bantu Languages PDF Author: Clement M. Doke
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351598414
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 336

Book Description
For the purposes of this volume, originally published in 1954, two southern zones of Bantu have been included - south of the Zambesi and east of the Kalahari. The book discusses the phonetic and morphological characteristics of these 2 zones and a classification of the groups, clusters and dialects is provided. For comparative purposes detailed information on some striking dialectical forms is given in the appendices.

Linguistics in Sub-Saharan Africa

Linguistics in Sub-Saharan Africa PDF Author: Jack Berry
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3111562522
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 988

Book Description

Introductory Sketch of the Bantu Languages

Introductory Sketch of the Bantu Languages PDF Author: Alice Werner
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429868855
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 207

Book Description
First published in 1919, this volume provides a detailed linguistic breakdown of the Bantu language family of Central and Southern Africa. Its author held in-situ expertise in Nanja, Swahili, Zulu, Giryama and Pokomo. A professor of Swahili and Bantu languages, she was the author of several books on Bantu languages and African peoples. The volume aims to depict the broad principles underlying the structure of the Bantu language family and attempts a classification of those languages. Contemporaneous with the colonization of Tanzania, many of the areas to which this volume was relevant were under British control at the time of publication.

Tense and Aspect in Bantu

Tense and Aspect in Bantu PDF Author: Derek Nurse
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199239290
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 422

Book Description
Derek Nurse looks at variations in the form and function of tense and aspect in Bantu, a branch of Niger-Congo, the world's largest language phylum. His account is based on data from more than 200 Bantu languages and varieties, a representative sample of which is freely available on the publisher's website.

Linguistic Ties Between Ancient Egyptian and Bantu

Linguistic Ties Between Ancient Egyptian and Bantu PDF Author: Fergus Sharman
Publisher: Universal-Publishers
ISBN: 1612332900
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 238

Book Description
This book provides a unique perspective on the linguistic relationships between the Ancient Egyptian and Bantu languages of East/Central/Southern Africa. It will be of interest to readers of Egyptology, linguists, students, and the wider public who wish to find out more about the structure of the Ancient Egyptian language and how it connects with other languages, particularly with Bantu languages. The subject matter is different from other books as it examines the etymology of words, together with their sound/meaning relationships and shows by using verifiable hieroglyphic forms how Ancient Egyptian words may be pronounced by inserting Bantu vowels which fit the meanings derived from the skeletal templates of consonants in the Ancient Egyptian language.

A Grammar of Akoose

A Grammar of Akoose PDF Author: Robert Hedinger
Publisher: Sil International, Global Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 358

Book Description
The purpose of this book is to describe the grammatical structure of Akoose, also known as Bakossi, one of the north-western most narrow-Bantu languages of Cameroon. The book is aimed at both linguists with an interest in African and in particular Bantu languages as well as a local audience interested in their own language.
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