Papers, largely undated, some dated 1943-1974, by various authors, some unidentified, concerning the study of Bantu and other, mainly East African, languages, comprising typescript and manuscript papers on Bantu and its various forms, 1973 and undated, including word lists; typescript and manuscript papers on non-Bantu languages, c1957-1974 and undated, including phonetics, grammar and word lists; papers on other subjects, 1943 and undated, including English vocabulary with reference to African education; general files, 1954-1973 and undated, on linguistics, including glottochronometry and lexico-statistics, and related subjects.
The papers are roughly divided between language groups, but the original folders have been kept intact and therefore some similar material is divided between various files.
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Bantu refers to an African ethnic and linguistic group, numbering c120 million and inhabiting much of Africa south of the river Congo. There are almost a hundred Bantu languages, which include, for example, Swahili and Zulu. Most are tonal. The Bantu group of languages forms a subdivision of the Benue-Niger division of the Niger-Congo branch of the Niger-Kordofanian language family. African languages have been subject to scholarly interest particularly in the 20th century.
Unpublished handlist
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6 copies of Bantu word lists, 5 annotated, include Kikuyu annotations.
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Folder 'Starred Form Lists' containing: a. Tss. 'A comparative linguistic study of North-Eastern Bantu in Kenya and the Gutherie Hypothesis for Nuclear Bantu': 'A preliminary critique of "Comparative Bantu" Part 1, vol 1 et al., and a short report on progress to date.' Mss notes attached, word lists. b. Annotated copies of General Bantu Starred Forms, includes Rukiga, Kamba, and Luganda vocabulary. c. Tss notes on Gusii reflexes. d. Preliminary list of Ki-P'okomu. e. Possible Kamba reflexes of Common Bantu Starred forms. f. General Bantu Starred Form, annotated by P. Pender-Culip, in Lugsin g. 660 word list for Bantu languages in Bukusu (luu-), recorded at Malakisi, near Eldoret, Kenya. (28/3/1973) h. Study by Wilhelm J. G. Mohlig, University of Cologne, and Dr. F. Rottland, Makere University, Kampala.
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'Word Counts' containing: a. List of words with word count per million words. b. List of 2276 English words taught in the Unit Method Course Books, 1-4 by A. Myers. Longman's, Green and Co. Limited. Produced by the East African Literature Bureau, Kampala, Nairobi, Dar es Salaam. c. English Vocabulary (A) d. English Vocabulary (B)- non-alphabetical list of "suspect" and "doubtful" words from Carnegie Report, sorted by category. e. List of words from 'Report and Vocabulary Selection', 2 copies with one annotated. f. 'A Selected Vocabulary for Standard IV',22/11/1943 created by the Department of African Education, Northern Rhodesia. 2 different copies, with annotations. (22/11/1943)
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Folder labelled 'Lists/Glottochronometry'. Contains: a. Tss. notes on 'Introductory Summary of Tonetics and Phonetics-Bantu Languages'. b. 'Kalenjin Glottochronology-Prelimary Hypothesis', by Bernd Heine. c. 'Glottochronometry and Lexico-Statistics', October 1972 article by Dr J. C. Sharman, University of Nairobi. (October 1972) d. 'Lexicostatistics so far', by D. H. Hymes. January 1960 Photocopies of various articles on lexicostatistics. (January 1960)
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Folder containing various materials: a. The situation in sociology social anthropology, and psychology in Northern Rhodesia'. b. Circular letter from W F Stubbs, Central Government, Lusaka, Zambia, to Provincial Commissioners advising them on policy. (30/9/1954) c. 'List of English and Common Bantu Lexical April 1972 Items', by J C Sharman, 2 copies, annotated. (April 1972) d. 'Glottochronometry and lexico-statistics: 1973 a possible step forward', by J C Sharman,offprint from the Journal of Eastern African Research and Development, vol 3, no. 1 (2 copies). (1973) e. 'The Nyanja-speaking population of Nyasaland and Northern Rhodesia: a statistical estimate', by Guy Atkins, offprint from Africa Studies, 9 (1), (3 copies). f. 'Glottochronometry: some critical considerations in general and for sub-Saharan Africa in particular', 1972 by John Sharman. (post 1972) g. Tss. list of proverbs in English and an African dialect, 2 copies, 1 annotated. h. Photocopies of various articles on African linguistics. i. 'The meaning of mwari' (a Kalanga word), by Terence Ranger. j. 'Gutherie's linguistic terminology and it's application to Bemba', by W. Michael Mann. k. Tss. annotated notes on 'Index of Common Nyanja tenses and other verbal forms'.
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