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Number: 1001

Language: North Mbundu

Location: Angola

Population: 1.7 million

Classification: Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Central: Zone H: Mbundu

Dictionary: Alves, Albino. 1951. Dicionário Etimológico Bundo-Português. Lisbon: Tipografia Silvas.

Grammar: Chatelain, Heli. 1888-89. Grammatica Elementar do Kimbundu. Geneva. [Reprinted 1964 by Gregg Press, Ridgewood, NJ.

TextBooks: DT: Maia, António da Silva. 1964. Lições de Gramática de Quimbundo. Cucujães, Angola.

Consonant system:

   p t k
^mb ⁿd ^ŋɡ
f s š h
v ⁿz ^ñž
m n
    l
    r

Stops: p ^mb t ⁿd k ^ŋɡ

Fricatives: f v s ⁿz š ^ñž h

Nasals: m n

Laterals: l

Vibrants: r

Modified Consonants: ^Nc b d ɡ z ž

Glides: j w

Vowel system:

Front Vowels: i ɛ

Central Vowels: a

Back Vowels: u ɔ

Stress: penult

Noun Number: s p

Noun Classes: 10

Demonstratives: 3

Pronouns:

1 4
2 5
3 6
3 & 6 vary with noun class

Syntax: SVO NA NG ND N-NUM N-POSS

Prep/Post: PREP

Number: 1007

Language: Yaka₂

Location: Democratic Republic of Congo

Population: 37,000

Classification: Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Central: Zone H: Yaka

Grammar: van den Eynde, Karel. 1968. Éléments de grammaire yaka. Kinshasa: Univ Lovanium.

Consonant system:

   p p^h t̪ t̪^h k k^h
b ^mb ⁿd̪ ɡ ^ŋɡ
p^f t̪^s
mb^v ⁿd̪^z
f s̪ h
v z̪
m n̪
    l̪
    (r)

Stops: p p^h b ^mb t̪ t̪^h ⁿd̪ k k^h ɡ ^ŋɡ

Affricates: p^f ^mb^v t̪^s ⁿd̪^z

Fricatives: f v s̪ z̪ h

Nasals: m n̪

Laterals: l̪

Vibrants: (r)

Modified Consonants: ^Nc b d̪ ɡ b^v d^z

Glides: j w

Vowel system:

Front Vowels: i e

Central Vowels: a

Back Vowels: u o

Long Vowels: v̄ all

Tones: hi lo fall

Syntax: SVO NA

Number: 1014

Language: Nyoro

Dialect: Nyankole, Runyankore, Gungu

Location: Uganda

Population: 810,000

Classification: Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Central: Zone J: Nyoro-Luganda

Dictionary: Taylor, C. 1959. A Simplified Runyankore-Rukiga-English and English-Runyankore-Rukiga Dictionary. Kampala: The Eagle Press.

TextBooks: Morris, H. F. and B. E. R. Kirwan. 1957. A Runyankore Grammar. Kampala: The Eagle Press.

Consonant system:

   (p) t̪ k ɡ
^mb ⁿd
    t^s č
f s š h
β v ⁿz ž
m n ñ
    r

Stops: (p) ^mb t̪ ⁿd k ɡ

Affricates: t^s č

Fricatives: β f v s ⁿz š ž h

Nasals: m n ñ

Vibrants: r

Modified Consonants:

^Nc p b t̪ d k ɡ t^s č f v s z š ž
c^j
cʷ

Glides: j w

Vowel system:

Front Vowels: I ɛ

Central Vowels: a

Back Vowels: ʋ ɔ

Long Vowels: ī ē ā ū ō

Diphthongs: ai ei oi

Syllable: (C)V Nˈ

Tones: hi lo

Noun Classes: 13

Demonstratives: 4: this near at hand-position known/that far away-position known/that some distance away-position unknown (=ref)/that neither present nor previously mentioned

Articles: def

Pronouns:

1 4
2 5
3 6
3 & 6 vary with noun class

Syntax: SVO NA NG ND N-NUM N-POSS N+D+A+Num

Prep/Post: PREP

Number: 1015

Language: Luganda

Alternate Name: Ganda

Location: Uganda

Population: 1.6 million

Classification: Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Central: Zone J: Nyoro-Luganda

Dictionary:

Snoxall, R. A., ed. 1967. Luganda-English Dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
Murphy, John D. 1972. Luganda-English Dictionary. Washington, D.C.: The Catholic Univ of America Press.

TextBooks:

Ashton, E. O., et al. 1954. A Luganda Grammar. London: Longmans.
Chesswas, J. D. 1963. The Essentials of Luganda. London: Oxford Univ Press.
Kamoga, Frederick K. and Earl W. Stevick. 1968. Luganda Basic Course. Washington, D.C.: Foreign Service Institute.

Other Sources:

Tucker, A. N. 1962. "The Syllable in Luganda: A Prosodic Approach," JAL 1, 122-66.
Cole, Desmond T. 1967. Some Features of Ganda Linguistic Structure. Johannesburg: Witwatersrand Univ Press.

Consonant system:

   p t k
b d ɡ
    č
    ɡ̌
f s
v z
m n n ̃ ŋ
    l
    (r)

Stops: p b t d k ɡ

Affricates: č ɡ̌

Fricatives: f v s z

Nasals: m n ñ ŋ

Laterals: l

Vibrants: (r)

Modified Consonants:

c̄ all but l j w
^Nc p b t d k ɡ č ɡ̌ f v s z
c^j p b t d k ɡ m n l (r)
cʷ p b t d k ɡ č ɡ̌ s z m n ñ ŋ l (r)

Glides: j w

Vowel system:

Front Vowels: i e

Central Vowels: a

Back Vowels: u o

Long Vowels: v̄ all

Syllable: (C)V(C) Nˈ

Tones: hi-lev lo-lev hi-fall downdrift downstep

Noun Number: s p

Noun Classes:

Demonstratives: 2 + ref

Pronouns:

1 4
2 5
3* 6*
3 & 6 vary with noun class

Syntax: SVO NA NG ND/(DN) N-NUM N-POSS

Prep/Post: PREP

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