This dissertation is a study of the verbal tone patterns Lumarachi and Lunyala— two previously undescribed dialects of Luluyia, a Bantu language of western Kenya and eastern Uganda. On the basis of data collected by the author primarily during field research, it describes and analyzes the many tonal alternations that are triggered in each dialect by tense-aspect distinctions, as well as the tonal alternati ... Читать дальше »

Ibibio language belongs to the Niger-Congo and Benue-Congo language groups that is native to over 10 million people in the Akwa Ibom State and Cross River States of Nigeria. The Efik and Annang are dialects of the Ibibio language. Other Ibibio language clusters in the state include Oron and Itu mbon-uso.

Sanibona I: Pupil's Book: A Beginner's Book in Zulu

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The Eggon language is spoken by a large number of people in south-western Plateau State in Central Nigeria
(Map 1). These represent the modern Local Government Areas of Akwanga, Lafia and Nasarawa-Eggon.
The main towns of the Eggon people are Akwanga, Nasarawa-Eggon, Kagbu and Wana. They stretch as far
south as Lafia and west of Akwanga as far as the railway line. They are bordered on the north by the Mada
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Xhosa: A Concise Manual

Grammar, paradigms...

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Lingala Manual

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This is the fourth in a series of individual publications on Zambian languages and grammar. The intention of the series is to boost the meagre scholarship and availability of educational materials on Zambian languages, which became particularly in urgent in 1996, following the decision of the Zambian government to revert to the policy of using local languages as media of instruction. This volume provides a grammatical sketch of T ... Читать дальше »

Basic Vocabulary of Kikuyu language

This is the only dictionary and phrasebook on the Lingala language. Curious about the language I bought this book to familiarzie myself with some vocabulary as I am interested in the culture of the Congo. This compact dictionary is better than what I thought it would be. It really is very useful for anyone that is willing to make a trip into the Congo River region of the former Zaire. Lingala ... Читать дальше »

Introductory Sketch of the Bantu Language

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A manual on lingala, known also as mangala, a trade language spoken in areas on both sides of the congo river, is presented. The speaker on whose speech the materials are based is from leopoldville. The transcription system consists of the orthography regularly used to write lingala plus diacritical markings to clearly indicate tone and pronunciation. Lingala is a tone language consisting of many words borrowed from other languages (frenc ... Читать дальше »

Twi Basic Course
Twi is a West African language of the Niger-Congo family. This course is designed to provide basic structures and vocabulary that a foreigner is likely to need. It was prepared based on classroom experience. 15 tapes and 224 page book

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Zulu grammatical lessons for beginners

Phrase book with notes on grammar and pronunciation

Dime is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in the northern part of the Selamago district in the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Region of Ethiopia. [1] The language has six case suffixes, in addition to an unmarked nominative. It is overwhelmingly suffixing, but uses prefixes for demonstratives. Phonologically, it is noteworthy for having velar and uvular fricative phonemes.[2] The basic word order is SOV (Subject Object Verb), as in other Omotic languages, indeed as in all the languages of the core of the Ethiopian Language Area.

Grammatik der Ewe-Sprache

A Grammar of the Togolese language, Ewe

Nyanja language spoken in the British Central Africa

Gwari (Gbari and Gbagyi) is one of the major languages of central Nigeria, and the Gwari are one of the
most widespread and numerous peoples, with settlements in Plateau, Kaduna, Niger, Kogi States and the
Federal Capital Territory. A long time ago, in 1909, Major Edgar prepared a dictionary and grammatical
notes on the Gbagyi dialect spoken at Kuta. Despite this, to date, little has been written about it from a
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A language of Tanzania