African Languages/langues Africaines Volume 5 (1) 1979

List of contents

Part 1: Rutara 1. Classification 2. Lexicostatistical Overview 3. Haya 4. Ha 5. 100 Word List Part 2: West Tanzania 1. Classification 2. Nilyamba 3. Nyaturu 4. Sukuma 5. Nyamwezi 6. 100 Word List Part 3: N. E. Tanzania 1. Classification 2. Lexicostatstical Overview 3. Gogo 4. Lugulu 5. Zalamo 6. Shambala 7. 100 Word List Part 4: Southern Tanzania 1. Classification 2. Lexicostatistical Overview 3. Bena/Hehe 4. Note on Hehe 5. Nyakyusa 6. Makonde 7. Yao 8. 100 Word List

About the author

Kahombo Mateene, P. Ak?j?obi Nwachukwu, David Dalby, Derek Nurse

Summary

Volume 5 (1) of African Languages originally published in 1979, is a special issue focussing on the Bantu languages in Tanzania. The languages are discussed according to 4 regions of Tanzania and although the sub-grouping is lexicostatistical, the classification is borne out by other consdierations, such as phonology and verbal morphology.

Product details

• Authors: Kahombo Nwachukwu Mateene, Kahombo Dalby Mateene
• Assisted by: Kahombo Mateene (Editor), P. Akụjụobi Nwachukwu (Editor), P. Akujuobi Nwachukwu (Editor), Derek Nurse (Editor), David Dalby (Editor), P. Akụjụobi Nwachukwu (Editor), Nurse Derek (Editor), Dalby David (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 31.12.2017
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics
• EAN: 9781138099906
• ISBN: 978-1-138-09990-6
• Pages: 158
• Series: Linguistic Surveys of Africa; Linguistic Surveys of Africa
• Subjects: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Etymology, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Syntax, Regional / International studies, Grammar, syntax & morphology, Grammar, syntax and morphology, African Languages, Lake Nyasa, Usambara Mountains, Historical and comparative linguistics, past tenses, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / African Studies, Grammatical Tone, language classification, Bantu languages, Phonological Analysis, verbal morphology, Bantu linguistics, comparative study of Bantu languages, lexicostatistics, Tanzanian language families, International African Institute, Vowel Assimilation, Rungwe District, Demonstrative Stem, Uluguru Mountains, Vowel Stems, Central Consonants, lake eyasi, Nasal Clusters, Mbulu District, Cushitic Speakers, Stem Initial Vowels, Final High Tones, Phonetic Length, Nominal Prefixes, North East Group