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ISBN 978-3-927620-15-5
A Sketch of Umbundu (R.11)
Author: Thilo C. Schadeberg. Series edited by: Wilhelm J.G. Möhlig †, Bernd Heine.
Series: GA Grammatical Analyses of African Languages Volume 1
199061 pp.
Text language(s): English
Format: 155 x 230 mm
140 g
Paperback
€ 24.80
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This work consists of a grammatical outline of the Bantu language Umbundu. This language has been coded R.11 in Guthrie’s referential classification, and it is spoken as lingua franca by 6 million people in the Southwest of Angola and along the Benguela railway to the Central parts of the country. Umbundu should not be confounded with Kimbundu (H.21) which is also spoken in Angola (by about 4 Mill. people) but which differs very much from the former.
CONTENTS
Phonology, Noun Classes, Augment and Tone, Adjectives – Numerals – Determiners, Substitutives – Demonstratives – Connexives, Derivation, Verb Forms: Constituent Elements, Affirmative Verb Formes, Negative Verb Formes, Relative Verb Forms, Irregular Verbs – Compound Verb Forms, Nominal Predication – Index Forms – Forms Without Agreement, Text: The Story about Hare and Lion.
Phonology, Noun Classes, Augment and Tone, Adjectives – Numerals – Determiners, Substitutives – Demonstratives – Connexives, Derivation, Verb Forms: Constituent Elements, Affirmative Verb Formes, Negative Verb Formes, Relative Verb Forms, Irregular Verbs – Compound Verb Forms, Nominal Predication – Index Forms – Forms Without Agreement, Text: The Story about Hare and Lion.
Under these links you will find publications by the author and descriptions of further eastern and central African Bantu languages and cultures:
Accompanying material:
- A Descriptive Grammar of Basaa (A.43)
(ISBN 978-3-89645-773-8 ) - A Dictionary of the Rumanyo Language
(ISBN 978-3-89645-601-4 ) - A Grammar of Yeyi
(ISBN 978-3-89645-549-9 ) - A Grammatical Sketch of Mbugwe (Bantu F.34, Tanzania)
(ISBN 978-3-89645-048-7 ) - A Modern Runyoro-Rutooro Grammar (J.10)
(ISBN 978-3-89645-023-4 ) - Domains and Regions in Bantu Tense and Aspect
(ISBN 978-3-89645-772-1 ) - Engagement with Africa
(ISBN 978-3-89645-768-4 ) - Lucazi Grammar
(ISBN 978-3-89645-038-8 ) - Reference Grammar of Herero (Otjiherero)
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Cross-reference:
- A Sketch of Swahili Morphology
(ISBN 978-3-927620-16-2 ) - Ekoti – The Maka or Swahili Language of Angoche
(ISBN 978-3-89645-025-8 ) - Kinyamwezi
(ISBN 978-3-927620-40-7 ) - Nuba Mountain Language Studies
(ISBN 978-3-89645-427-0 ) - Tira and Otoro
(ISBN 978-3-89645-173-6 )
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