Swahili and Sabaki: A Linguistic HistoryThe Sabaki languages form a major Bantu subgroup and are spoken by 35 million East Africans in Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, and the Comoro Islands. The authors provide a historical/comparative treatment of Swahili (and other Sabaki languages), an account of the relationship of Swahili to Sabaki and to other Bantu languages, and some data on contemporary Sabaki languages. Data sets, appendices, maps, and figures present essential information on phonology, lexical makeup, and tense/aspect morphology. The final chapter is a synthesis describing the linguistic and historical relationship of the Sabaki dialects to each other and to hypothetical proto-stages. |
Contents
A Comparative Historical Phonology of Sabaki | 54 |
Addendum to Chapter | 248 |
Lexis | 266 |
Morphology Sabaki Nominal and Verbal Systems | 334 |
Appendix 1 | 567 |
Appendix 2 | 577 |
Doubtful PSA Lexical Reconstructions | 656 |
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adjacent affricate African Am,Mv,Ung Am,Ung Arabic attested Bantu languages century Chap Chart Chifundi Chonyi Class coast communities Comorian consonant Cushitic Dahalo deleted derive Digo Duruma East Africa eastern Bantu Elwana evidence forms fricatives Giryama Hinnebusch inherited innovations Jibana Jomvu Kenya Lamu lenition lexical lexicostatistical lexis linguistic loan Lower Pokomo Makunduchi Maore Mijikenda Möhlig Mombasa morphemes Mtang'ata Mv,Ung Mvita Mwali Mwani Mwiini nasal NEC languages negative Ngazija nonpast northern nouns Nurse Nzuani occurs older p-lenition palatal Pare past Pemba phonological PNEC post-PSA prefix proto recent reconstructed reflexes Ruvu Sabaki dialects Sabaki languages Segeju semantic Seuta Shambala shared shift Southern Mijikenda speakers Stage Standard Swahili stems subgrouping suffix suggests Swahili dialects Tanzania Tikuu Tumbatu Unguja Upper Pokomo V-stems verb voiceless vowel Vumba Zanzibar Zigula