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Bringing together linguistic and genetic evidence to test the Bantu expansion [PDF]
, 2012 The expansion of Bantu languages represents one of the most momentous events in the history of Africa. While it is well accepted that Bantu languages spread from their homeland (Cameroon/Nigeria) ~5,000 years ago (ya), there is no consensus about the ...
Bostoen, Koen +3 more
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Langues et évolution linguistique dans le royaume et l’aire kongo [PDF]
, 2018 L’ancien royaume Kongo a non seulement donné son nom au fleuve et aux deux pays modernes dont ce cours d’eau constitue une frontière naturelle, mais aussi à la langue bantoue qui fut et est toujours parlée sur son territoire.
Bostoen, Koen +1 more
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Patterns of grammaticalization in African languages [PDF]
, 1982 The approach outlined in the present paper is based on observations made with African languages. Although the 1000-odd African languages display a remarkable extent of structural variation, there are certain structures that do not seem to occur in Africa.
Heine, Bernd, Reh, Mechthild
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Você + 2SG no Português de Cabinda (Angola): dois efeitos do contato linguístico [PDF]
This article describes the system of address forms in Cabindan Portuguese (Angola), particularly the widespread use of você (largely displacing both o senhor and tu) and the formation of a paradigm that –only if our interest is diachronic– can be ...
Gutiérrez Maté, Miguel
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Vowel duration issue in Civili [PDF]
, 2009 The main goal of this article is to define the problem of vowel duration in Civili (H12a). It shows that the so-called Civili vowel-length desperately needs to be re-examined, because previous works on the sound system of this language hardly explain a ...
Ndinga-Koumba-Binza, Hugues Steve
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Le lingue in Africa Nera [PDF]
, 2008 A general overview of typological characteristics of Bantu, Nilotic and Khoisan languages. Sociolinguistic aspects of multilingual societies in black Africa. Relationship between mother tongues and official languages.In Banfi E - Grandi N.
Turchetta, Barbara
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The noun class system of Bwala, an undocumented Teke language from the DRC (Bantu, B70z) [PDF]
, 2021 This paper presents the noun class system of Bwala, a nearly undocumented and undescribed Bantu language of the Teke group spoken in the Kinshasa Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Bollaert, Flore +2 more
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Creole Prosodic Systems Are Areal, Not Simple. [PDF]
Front Psychol, 2021 Yakpo K.
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The proto-West-Coastal Bantu velar merger [PDF]
In this article, we assess the genealogical validity of West‑Coastal Bantu (WCB) as a major subclade of the Bantu family by means of the Comparative Method.
Bostoen, Koen, Pacchiarotti, Sara
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A comparative study of tone and intonation in seven Kongo dialects. [PDF]
, 1982 This thesis proposes a pitch-accent description of the pitch features of several dialects of the kiKongo language (Western Central Africa), hitherto considered tonal.
Donnelly, Kevin Gerard
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