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What can be assumed for Proto-Bantu?

2008
Abstract Since the general historical background to Bantu may not be familiar to all readers, it is briefly sketched here, then followed by an outline of the linguistic methodology used. (Narrow) Bantu languages are said to form a discrete family within Niger-Congo, the largest linguistic phylum in the world with over 1,500 languages ...
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Reflexes of Proto-Bantu phonemes in Yanzi (B.85)

Africana Linguistica, 1977
Rottland F. Reflexes of Proto-Bantu phonemes in Yanzi (B.85). In: Africana Linguistica 7, 1977. pp. 375-396.
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Chindali and English Dictionary with an Index to Proto-Bantu Roots

2008
Robert Botne, Loveness Schafer
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Et si le proto-bantu était aussi une langue … avec ses contraintes et ses déséquilibres

Diachronica, 2008
This article aims to define the phonological structure of Proto-Bantu lexical units on the basis of frequencies of reconstructed consonant co-occurrences. Starting from the main reconstructions given in BLR3, I present evidence for the presence of unexpected frequencies indicating imbalances in two directions.
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Proto-Bantu Relative Verb Forms

2021
This chapter argues that Meeussen (1967)’s reconstruction of a Direct and an Indirect relative clause construction in Proto-Bantu is untenable, because there exists no scenario of morphosyntactic change that can lead from that reconstructed state of affairs to the relative clause constructions attested in contemporary Bantu.
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Proto Bantu question words

2018
This paper proposes a typologically informed reconstruction of the Proto Bantu question words provisionally reconstructed in BLR 3 (http://www.africamuseum.be/research/discover/human_sciences/culture_society/blr/) as °n(d)áí ‘who?’ and -í ‘what?’.
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Réflexe du Proto-bantu Muhíndo dans dix langues bantu dans la zone J

Revue du Centre de Recherche Interdisciplinaire de l Université Pédagogique Nationale
Comme l’affirme Michel Beaud, « aucun travail ne s‘accomplit dans la solitude ». Kahíndo et Muhíndo sont deux anthroponymes qui constituent un des chapitres de notre thèse doctorale. Cette publication est un appel à contribution en matière d’explication diachronique et synchronique.
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Proto-Bantu lexicons: study of segmental and suprasegmental co-occurrences

2004
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Causative and Passive High Tone in Bantu: Spurious or Proto?

UC Berkeley PhonLab Annual Report, 2018
Larry M Hyman, Hyman Larry M
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The potential of Proto-Potou-Akanic-Bantu as a pilot Proto-Niger-Congo, and the reconstructions updated

Journal of African Languages and Linguistics, 2002
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