On reconstructing Proto-Bantu grammar

This book is about reconstructing the grammar of Proto-Bantu, the ancestral language at the origin of current-day Bantu languages. While Bantu is a low-level branch of Niger-Congo, the world's biggest phylum, it is still Africa's biggest language family. This edited volume attempts to retr...

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Other Authors: Bostoen, Koen (Editor), de Schryver, Gilles-Maurice (Editor), Guérois, Rozenn (Editor), Pacchiarotti, Sara (Editor)
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Language:English
Published: Language Science Press 2023
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