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v. 1 : hbk ISBN 9781138093591
Description
The northern limit of the Bantu languages is one of the important linguistic boundaries of Africa and this and the subsequent 3 volumes provide an invaluable resource which delimits the frontier. Since a number of the languages investigated had not hitherto been recorded, while with others the published information was inadquate and confused the Linguistic Survey of the Northern Bantu Borderland can justifiably be described as a pioneering study. This volume consists of demographic information together with maps and tabulated indications of the affinities of the languages.
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Part 1: Report of the Western Team: Atlantic Coast to Oubangui Part 2: Report of the Eastern Team: Oubangui to Great Lakes Part 3: Far Eastern Section: Great Lakes to Indian Ocean
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v. 2 : hbk ISBN 9781138094536
Description
This volume, originally published in 1957, contains the linguistic evidence for the classification of the languages encountered by the western team of the Northern Bantu Borderland Survey. To appreciate fully its implications it should be read in close conjunction with the appropriate sections of Volume 1 of the Survey, dealing with the demography of this area. The inclusion of some languages over others in this volume in no way reflects its demographic or linguistic importance, but simply indicates that the evidence was available to the Survey. The material is original and except where otherwise indicated was taken down by the team in phonetic script from local informants in situ.
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Introduction. 1. Bantu Languages 2. Bantoid Languages 3. Non-Bantu Languages.
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v. 4 : hbk ISBN 9781138094673
Description
The classification and distribution of the languages of the Northern Bantu Borderland between the Great Lakes and the Indian Ocean have been given in Volume 1 of The Linguistic Survey of the Northern Bantu Borderland, where however, the linguistic evidence on which the classification rested was not included. This is now set out in this volume, originally published in 1957. The languages have been divided into three categories: Bantu, partly Bantu and non-Bantu. within each category the languages have been grouped according to linguistic criteria. The choice of languages represented here has been determined by the availability of reliable linguistic material.
Table of Contents
Introduction. Part 1: Bantu Languages 1. Characteristics of Vanuma 2. Characteristics of Konzo 3. Characteristics of the Inter-Lacustrine Group 4. Characteristics of the Gisu Group 5. Characteristics of the Luhya Group 6. Characteristics of the Gusii Group 7. Characteristics of Sukuma 8. Characteristics of the Nilyamba Group 9. Characteristics of the Gogo Group 10. Characteristics of Zigula and Ngulu 11. Characteristics of Shambaa 12. Characteristics of Shaka (Chagga) 13. Characteristics of the Gikuyu (Kikuyu) Group 14. The Swahili Group 15. The Taita Group Part 2: Partly Bantu Languages A. Characteristics of Amba and Hyanzi B. Characteristics of Mbugu Part 3: Non-Bantu Languages A.Moru-Mangbetu Vocabularies: Mvu'ba and Druna (Southern Lendu) B. Nilotic Vocabularies: Alur, Acoli, Lango, Adhola, Luo C: Nilo-Hamitic Vocabularies a) Teso and Maasai b) The Nandi Group D. Cushitic Vocabularies: Oromo (Galla) and Somali E. Iraqw Vocabulary F and G. Sandawe and Hadza Vocabularies H. Sanye Vocabulary
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