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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

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
europepmc   +1 more source

A reconstruction of the phonology of Proto-Southern Bantu [PDF]

, 1989
The comparative method is applied to data drawn from a list of 800 Zulu, North Sotho, Venda, Tsonga and Zezuru glosses to obtain a reconstruction of the phonemes of Proto-Southern Bantu.
Van der Spuy, Andrew
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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
doaj   +1 more source

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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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
europepmc   +1 more source

Reflexive Morphology in the Kikongo Language Cluster: Variation and Diachrony

Languages
This paper provides a comparative and diachronic account of reflexive morphology in the Kikongo language cluster, a genealogically closely related group of 40+ West Coastal Bantu languages.
Sebastian Dom
doaj   +1 more source

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
europepmc   +1 more source

Descriptive linguistics as applicable to Bantu languages [PDF]

, 1962
Text of inaugural address delivered on Aug. 23, 1962.During the period following the return of Bantu linguistics from predominantly diachronic interests to problems of a purely descriptive nature, the Department of Bantu Languages at the University of ...
Van Wyk, E.B. (Egidius Benedictus), 1929-
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Whole-genome sequencing reveals a complex African population demographic history and signatures of local adaptation. [PDF]

Cell, 2023
Fan S, Spence JP, Feng Y, Hansen MEB, Terhorst J, Beltrame MH, Ranciaro A, Hirbo J, Beggs W, Thomas N, Nyambo T, Mpoloka SW, Mokone GG, Njamnshi A, Folkunang C, Meskel DW, Belay G, Song YS, Tishkoff SA.   +18 more
europepmc   +1 more source