ABSTRACT

The northern limit of the Bantu languages is one of the important linguistic boundaries of Africa and this and the subsequent 3 volumes provide an invaluable resource which delimits the frontier. Since a number of the languages investigated had not hitherto been recorded, while with others the published information was inadquate and confused the Linguistic Survey of the Northern Bantu Borderland can justifiably be described as a pioneering study. This volume consists of demographic information together with maps and tabulated indications of the affinities of the languages.

part I|54 pages

Report of the Western Team

chapter |7 pages

Introduction

chapter A|28 pages

Bantu Languages

chapter B|15 pages

Bantoid Languages

chapter C|7 pages

Non-Bantu Languages

part II|60 pages

Report of the Eastern Team

chapter 1|4 pages

The Linguistic Investigation

chapter 2|21 pages

The Bantu Languages

chapter 3|24 pages

The Non-Bantu Languages

chapter 4|9 pages

Pygmy Groups

part III|21 pages

Far Eastern Section

chapter |11 pages

Far Eastern Section

Great Lakes to Indian Ocean

chapter |1 pages

Partly Bantu Languages

chapter Non-Bantu Languages|5 pages