1st Edition

The Eastern Sudanic Languages

By A. N. Tucker Copyright 1940
452 Pages
by Routledge

452 Pages
by Routledge

452 Pages
by Routledge

Originally published in 1940 this book focusses on the three main groups of Eastern Sudanic languages, namely Moru-Madi, Bong-Baka-Bagirmi and Ndogo-Sere. The term 'Eastern Sudanic Languages' is used here primarily in a geographical sense: the dialects in the Southern Sudan form the eastern boundary of sudanic speech, where it borders on the Nilotic wedge which, in turn divides it from Hamitic... Read more

Preface. Bibliography. Introduction 1: Tribal Introduction 2. Linguistic Part 1: The Moru-Madi Language Group 1. Phonetics 2. Grammar 3. Orthorgraphy 4. Vocabulary Appendix: Lendu, Tribal Index, Linguistic Index.

Biography

A. N. Tucker