A Lega and English Dictionary (D.25)

With an Index to Proto-Bantu Roots

Compiled by: Robert Botne. In collaboration with: Kisanga Salama-Gray. Series edited by: Bernd Heine, Wilhelm J.G. Möhlig †.

Series: EALD East African Languages and Dialects Volume 3

1994
20 pp. Roman, 138 pp.
appendix, 2 maps: Distribution and dialects of Lega
Text language(s): English
Format: 160 x 230 mm
260 g
Paperback
€ 39.80

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Lega, or Kelega (D.25 according to Guthrie), a Bantu language spoken in the Eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo by an estimated number of 400,000 people; it has two dialects: Isile and Lega proper. This dictionary introduces the reader to Beya-Musange which is one of the six major sub-varieties of Lega proper. A guide to the dictionary informs the reader about Lega transcription and alphabetization, consonant and vowel alternations, tone and vowel length, and grammatical classes such as nouns, pronouns, adjectives, determiners, verbs and idiophones. The didactically structured vocabulary is presented in a Lega-English and an English-Lega wordlist.

An index to Proto-Bantu roots gives cross-references to Guthrie’s Common Bantu (1971) and Meeussen’s Bantu Lexical Reconstructions (1980). The appendix contains kinship terms, pronoun paradigms, demonstratives, numbers, place and people’s names as well as verbs of perception.

Following these links you will find publications by the author and further descriptions of Congolese languages and cultures:

Accompanying material:

• Copy Pronouns (ISBN 978-3-89645-424-9)
• Directionality in Grammar and Discourse (ISBN 978-3-89645-899-5)
• Encoding Motion – Case Studies from Africa (ISBN 978-3-89645-505-5)
• Expérience végétale bolia (C.35b, République Démocratique du Congo) (ISBN 978-3-89645-037-1)
• La dynamique des noms de personnes chez les Ding de la République démocratique du Congo (1885–1960) (ISBN 978-3-89645-896-4)
• Le lokonda des Ilángá la Bakonda (C.64) (ISBN 978-3-89645-766-0)
• Lexique comparé des langues bantu du Kwilu (République démocratique du Congo) (ISBN 978-3-89645-564-2)

Cross-reference:

• A Grammatical Sketch of the Lusaamia Verb (E.34/J.34) (ISBN 978-3-89645-546-8)
• A Learner’s Chichewa and English Dictionary (N.30) (ISBN 978-3-927620-10-0)
• A Saafi-Saafi (Sébikotane Variety) and English // French Dictionary (ISBN 978-3-89645-509-3)
• Domains and Regions in Bantu Tense and Aspect (ISBN 978-3-89645-772-1)
• Mpoto Fables and Folktales (N.14, Tanzania) (ISBN 978-3-89645-738-7)
• Swahili Proverbs from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (ISBN 978-3-89645-744-8)

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