Swahili and Sabaki
A Linguistic History
Thomas J Hinnebusch author Derek Nurse author
Format:Paperback
Publisher:University of California Press
Published:21st Feb '94
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The Sabaki languages form a major Bantu subgroup and are spoken by 35 million East Africans in Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, and the Comoro Islands. The authors provide a historical/comparative treatment of Swahili (and other Sabaki languages), an account of the relationship of Swahili to Sabaki and to other Bantu languages, and some data on contemporary Sabaki languages. Data sets, appendices, maps, and figures present essential information on phonology, lexical makeup, and tense/aspect morphology. The final chapter is a synthesis describing the linguistic and historical relationship of the Sabaki dialects to each other and to hypothetical proto-stages.
ISBN: 9780520097759
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 1497g
814 pages