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Doke's classification of Bantu languages
African Studies, 1959(1959). Doke's classification of Bantu languages. African Studies: Vol. 18, No. 4, pp. 197-213.
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Scripture translation into Bantu languages
African Studies, 1958SYNOPSIS A survey of Scripture translations in the Bantu field, with accounts of the work done in a selection of languages and of the pioneer missionaries who carried it out. The first Scripture translations into Bantu languages were produced in the 17th century, but the first New Testament appeared only in 1840 and the first complete Bible in 1857 ...
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Genetic substructure and complex demographic history of South African Bantu speakers
Nature Communications, 2021Dhriti Sengupta +2 more
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Clause chaining in Bantu languages
Abstract This chapter explores clause chaining constructions in Bantu. The Bantu languages are a group of some 450–500 languages spoken across much of Central, Eastern, and Southern Africa. Eastern Bantu, in particular, exhibits a high degree of similarity across a range of domains.Kristina Riedel, Hannah Gibson
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Population collapse in Congo rainforest from 400 CE urges reassessment of the Bantu Expansion
Science Advances, 2021Dirk Seidensticker +2 more
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An inventory of Bantu languages
2019This chapter aims to provide an updated list of all Bantu languages known at present and to provide individual pointers to further information on the inventory. The area division has some correlation with what are perceived genealogical relations between Bantu languages, but they are not defined as such and do not change whenever there is an update in ...
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Literatures in Bantu languages
Abstract This chapter surveys several genres of oral literature, in particular praise poetry, epics, and tales. It also mentions the ‘secondary orality’ of radio, television, and the Internet, as well as vibrant traditions of urban music.openaire +1 more source
Gender bias in Bantu languages
2016The use of the masculine as unmarked (Quirk 1968; Swan 1984; Pauwels 2003) in a covert gender language such as English (Baugh and Cable 1978; Quirk, Greenbaum, Leech and Svartvik 1985), has been singled out as the most prominent feature favouring discriminatory language (Sunderland 2006; Mills 1995).
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