The Non-Bantu Languages of North-Eastern Africa

Handbook of African Languages Part 3

• Author(s): A. N. Tucker, M. A. Bryan,
• Publisher: Routledge
• Pages: 248
• ISBN_10: 1351600389
  ISBN_13: 9781351600385
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / Syntax , Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / Etymology , Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / Historical & Comparative , Social Science / Ethnic Studies / African Studies , Social Science / Regional Studies , Literary Criticism / General , Social Science / Human Geography ,

Description:... Originally published in 1956, this volume presents a survey of the non-Bantu languages in the area extending south of the Sahara from Lake Chad to the Indian Ocean, together withj those of South Africa. The arrangement is primarily linguistic, in as much as larger units which show some indisputable affinities are where possible treated contiguously. Languages in the centre of the total area are discussed first, followed by thos ein the west, north, east and finally south.