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The fate of the Benue-Congo velar nasal in Bantoid

Afrika und Übersee
Proto-Benue-Congo has been reconstructed both with a simple velar nasal *ŋ and with the velar nasal as part of a *ŋg structure. The loss of the simple velar nasal has been noticed as a feature of Bantu languages but has not been studied in other Bantoid ...
Jeffrey Wills
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Genome-wide variation in the Angolan Namib Desert reveals unique pre-Bantu ancestry. [PDF]

Sci Adv, 2023
Oliveira S, Fehn AM, Amorim B, Stoneking M, Rocha J.   +4 more
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Genetic heritage of the Baphuthi highlights an over-ethnicized notion of "Bushman" in the Maloti-Drakensberg, southern Africa. [PDF]

Am J Hum Genet, 2023
Daniels RJ, D'Amato ME, Lesaoana M, Kasu M, Ehlers K, Chauke PA, Lecheko P, Challis S, Rockett K, Montinaro F, González-Santos M, Capelli C.   +11 more
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Genomic perspectives on human dispersals during the Holocene. [PDF]

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2023
Stoneking M, Arias L, Liu D, Oliveira S, Pugach I, Rodriguez JJRB.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Eating out of Calabashes.Was it Reality? Proto-Bantu and the domestication of Cucurbits

Afrika Focus, 1998
This paper examines the history of calabashes in the Bantu-world. Due to con- servation problems of floral remains in tropical areas, no material traces of these fruits have been excavated untill now. The historical linguistic approach adopted in this paper, gives an overview of the evolution and history of different words signifying calabash and ...
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Dense sampling of ethnic groups within African countries reveals fine-scale genetic structure and extensive historical admixture. [PDF]

Sci Adv, 2023
Bird N, Ormond L, Awah P, Caldwell EF, Connell B, Elamin M, Fadlelmola FM, Matthew Fomine FL, López S, MacEachern S, Moñino Y, Morris S, Näsänen-Gilmore P, Nketsia V NK, Veeramah K, Weale ME, Zeitlyn D, Thomas MG, Bradman N, Hellenthal G.   +19 more
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Phylogeographic analysis of the Bantu language expansion supports a rainforest route. [PDF]

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2022
Koile E, Greenhill SJ, Blasi DE, Bouckaert R, Gray RD.   +4 more
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Kinbank: A global database of kinship terminology. [PDF]

PLoS One, 2023
Passmore S, Barth W, Greenhill SJ, Quinn K, Sheard C, Argyriou P, Birchall J, Bowern C, Calladine J, Deb A, Diederen A, Metsäranta NP, Araujo LH, Schembri R, Hickey-Hall J, Honkola T, Mitchell A, Poole L, Rácz PM, Roberts SG, Ross RM, Thomas-Colquhoun E, Evans N, Jordan FM.   +23 more
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Sound change versus lexical change for subgrouping

Language Dynamics and Change
Abstract This article focuses on languages of the Kwilu-Ngounie subbranch within a branch of the Bantu language family known as West-Coastal Bantu. Within Kwilu-Ngounie, B70 and B80 languages emerge as paraphyletic in the most comprehensive lexicon-based phylogeny of the branch.
Sara Pacchiarotti, Guy Kouarata, Koen Bostoen   +2 more
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When ‘father’ means ‘husband’ and ‘sister’ means ‘cattle’: lexicalization of kinship terms and address forms in Tanzanian Bantu languages

Cogent Arts & Humanities
We articulate the lexicalization and extension of the meaning of kinship terms in Bantu languages spoken in Tanzania. We draw linguistic conclusion from proto-forms reconstructed in comparison with the maternal kin terms and affinal address forms in ...
Amani Lusekelo, Lea Mpobela
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