A Handbook of the Ila Language: (Commonly called the Seshukulumbwe), spoken in North-Western Rhodesia, South-Central Africa. Compris

A Handbook of the Ila Language: (Commonly called the Seshukulumbwe), spoken in North-Western Rhodesia, South-Central Africa. Compris

Smith, Edwin W.

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In issuing this Handbook I cherish the hope it may lead manyto study the language and not to use Kitchen Kaffir. KitchenKaffir is a hotch-potch of many dialects, withoutgrammatical structure and very limited as to vocabulary. Itis largely used by Europeans throughout South Africa, and itis a proof of the inteligence of the native people that theyfrequently understand what in reality is the most arrantnonsense.The Ila language, a Bantu language, is spoken by the Baila,or, as they are commonly called, the Mashukulumbwe, a peopleliving in North-West Rhodesia on either side of the middleKafue. They number about 25,000. The grammar offers chapterson phonology, nominal and verbal morphology, and severalchapters on syntax. It concludes with a 230 pages vocabularyEnglish-Ila and Ila-English (Re-edition; originallypublished 1907 in London; written in English).

  • ISBN: 978-3-8629-0158-6
  • Editorial: LINCOM EUROPA GmbH
  • Encuadernacion: Rústica
  • Páginas: 512
  • Fecha Publicación: 01/01/2012
  • Nº Volúmenes: 1
  • Idioma: Español