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.
CONSONANTS:
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
MODIFIEDCO:Nc b d ɡ z ž
GLIDES:j w
VOWELS:
FRONTVOWEL:i ɛ
CENTRALVOW:a
BACKVOWELS:u ɔ
STRESS:penult
NOUNNUMBER:s p
NOUNCLASSE:10
DEMONSTRAT:3
PRONOUNS:
1 4 2 5 3 6 3 & 6 vary with noun class
SYNTAX:SVO NA NG ND N-NUM N-POSS
PREPPOST:PREP
NUMBER:1002
LANGUAGE:Sama
POPULATION:9,000
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Central: Zone H: Mbundu
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:1003
LANGUAGE:Bolo
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Central: Zone H: Mbundu
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:1004
LANGUAGE:Songo
POPULATION:15,000
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Central: Zone H: Mbundu
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:1005
LANGUAGE:Yaka2
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Central: Zone H: Yaka
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:1006
LANGUAGE:Yaka2
LOCATION:Cameroon
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Central: Zone H: Yaka
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:1007
LANGUAGE:Yaka2
LOCATION:Democratic Republic of Congo
POPULATION:37,000
CLASSIFICA: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.
CONSONANTS:
p ph t̪ t̪h k kh b mb nd̪ ɡ ŋɡ pf t̪s mbv nd̪z f s̪ h v z̪ m n̪ l̪ (r)
STOPS:p ph b mb t̪ t̪hnd̪ k kh ɡ ŋɡ
AFFRICATES:pfmbv t̪snd̪z
FRICATIVES:f v s̪ z̪ h
NASALS:m n̪
LATERALS:l̪
VIBRANTS:(r)
MODIFIEDCO:Nc b d̪ ɡ bv dz
GLIDES:j w
VOWELS:
FRONTVOWEL:i e
CENTRALVOW:a
BACKVOWELS:u o
LONGVOWELS:v̄ all
TONES:hi lo fall
SYNTAX:SVO NA
NUMBER:1008
LANGUAGE:Yaka2
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Central: Zone H: Yaka
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:1009
LANGUAGE:Suku
POPULATION:74,000
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Central: Zone H: Yaka
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:1010
LANGUAGE:Hungu
POPULATION:66,000
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Central: Zone H: Yaka
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:1011
LANGUAGE:Mbangala
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Central: Zone H: Yaka
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:1012
LANGUAGE:Sinji
ALTERNATEN:Shingi
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Central: Zone H: Yaka
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:1013
LANGUAGE:Hungana
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Central: Zone H: Hungana
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:1014
LANGUAGE:Nyoro
DIALECT:Nyankole, Runyankore, Gungu
LOCATION:Uganda
POPULATION:810,000
CLASSIFICA: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.
CONSONANTS:
(p) t̪ k ɡ mb nd ts č f s š h β v nz ž m n ñ r
STOPS:(p) mb t̪ nd k ɡ
AFFRICATES:ts č
FRICATIVES:β f v s nz š ž h
NASALS:m n ñ
VIBRANTS:r
MODIFIEDCO:
Nc p b t̪ d k ɡ ts č f v s z š ž cj cʷ
GLIDES:j w
VOWELS:
FRONTVOWEL:I ɛ
CENTRALVOW:a
BACKVOWELS:ʋ ɔ
LONGVOWELS:ī ē ā ū ō
DIPHTHONGS:ai ei oi
SYLLABLE:(C)V Nˈ
TONES:hi lo
NOUNCLASSE:13
DEMONSTRAT: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
PREPPOST:PREP
NUMBER:1015
LANGUAGE:Luganda
ALTERNATEN:Ganda
LOCATION:Uganda
POPULATION:1.6 million
CLASSIFICA: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.
OTHERSOURC:
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.
CONSONANTS:
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)
MODIFIEDCO:
c̄ all but l j w Nc p b t d k ɡ č ɡ̌ f v s z cj 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
VOWELS:
FRONTVOWEL:i e
CENTRALVOW:a
BACKVOWELS:u o
LONGVOWELS:v̄ all
SYLLABLE:(C)V(C) Nˈ
TONES:hi-lev lo-lev hi-fall downdrift downstep
NOUNNUMBER:s p
NOUNCLASSE:
12
DEMONSTRAT: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
PREPPOST:PREP
NUMBER:1016
LANGUAGE:Soga
POPULATION:745,000
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Central: Zone J: Nyoro-Luganda
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:1017
LANGUAGE:Gwere
POPULATION:162,000
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Central: Zone J: Nyoro-Luganda
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:1018
LANGUAGE:Nyala
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Central: Zone J: Nyoro-Luganda
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:1019
LANGUAGE:Karagwe
ALTERNATEN:Nyambo
LOCATION:Tanzania
POPULATION:4,000
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Central: Zone J: Haya-Kwaya
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:1020
LANGUAGE:Haya
LOCATION:Tanzania
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Central: Zone J: Haya-Kwaya