ABSTRACT

This volume, originally published in 1970, presents a survey of the languages spoken in an area extending from the Atlantic coast at the Sengal River eastward to the Lake Chad region. The area covered by this volume is mainly a goegraphical one, so it follows that not all the languages included are related to one another, though a certain degree of homogeneity appears.

chapter |3 pages

Introductory Notes

chapter I|20 pages

The West Atlantic Languages (Larger Unit)

chapter II|15 pages

The Mande Languages (Larger Unit)

chapter III|2 pages

Isolated Unit: Songhai

chapter IV|7 pages

Isolated Language Group: KRU

chapter V|21 pages

The GUR Languages (Larger Unit)

chapter VI|19 pages

The KWA Languages. (Larger Unit)

chapter IX|9 pages

The Chadic Languages Larger Unit?

chapter X|16 pages

The Chado-Hamitic Languages (Larger Unit)