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VVNC in Kamituumbi and Kikongo
South African Journal of African Languages, 1990Vowels before NC sequences in Bantu languages are often long. In certain languages, morphophonemic length alternations provide support for a synchronic rule turning VNC into VVNC; in other languages, we find root-internal VVNC, but no length alternations which directly support a lengthening rule.
David Odden
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Revue Internationale D Onomastique, 1962
Bal Willy. Prénoms portugais en kiKongo. In: Revue Internationale d'Onomastique, 14e année N°3, Septembre 1962. pp. 219-222.
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Bal Willy. Prénoms portugais en kiKongo. In: Revue Internationale d'Onomastique, 14e année N°3, Septembre 1962. pp. 219-222.
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Folia Linguistica, 2018
Abstract This article aims to give a semantic study of the reflexes of one specific tense/aspect form, namely the so-called *-a-B-a construction, in a cluster of about 40-odd Kikongo language varieties spoken in a wide area around the mouth of the Congo River in Central ...
Gilles-Maurice De Schryver +2 more
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Abstract This article aims to give a semantic study of the reflexes of one specific tense/aspect form, namely the so-called *-a-B-a construction, in a cluster of about 40-odd Kikongo language varieties spoken in a wide area around the mouth of the Congo River in Central ...
Gilles-Maurice De Schryver +2 more
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A preliminary exploration of verbal affix ordering in Kikongo, a Bantu language of Angola
Language Matters, 2008Abstract Linguists agree that in Bantu languages, the verb morphology is more complex than noun morphology owing to the nature and number of affixes a verb can host. In fact, verbal affixes in Bantu languages have enjoyed prominence in the study of syntax in recent years. There are mainly three reasons for this: first, the effects of the affixes on the
Sozinho Matsinhe, Mbiavanga Fernando
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Multiple-reciprocity marking in the Kikongo Language Cluster
Abstract Bantu languages belonging to the Kikongo Language Cluster generally have two reciprocal markers. These are the reflex of Proto-Bantu *-an and a complex suffix ending in -an. Their functional distribution turns out not to be well understood in the existing literature.Sebastian Dom, Bostoen Koen
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Time Reference in Kikongo-Kituba
Creole Language Library, 1990Salikoko S Mufwene, Mufwene Salikoko S
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The problem of language in translating religious concepts into Kikongo
Ethnos, 1972exaly +2 more sources