comparative handbook congo languages von stapleton walter (4 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This handbook is a comprehensive guide to the languages spoken in the Congo region. With detailed descriptions of grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation, it provides an invaluable resource for linguists, anthropologists, and anyone interested in the diversity of human languages. Whether you're studying the region's history, culture, or contemporary affairs, this book is an essential reference to have at your side.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This handbook is a comprehensive guide to the languages spoken in the Congo region. With detailed descriptions of grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation, it provides an invaluable resource for linguists, anthropologists, and anyone interested in the diversity of human languages. Whether you're studying the region's history, culture, or contemporary affairs, this book is an essential reference to have at your side.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. WITH [44] + xxiii + 326 pages , red cloth , a little shabby but a good acceptable copy with faults , very reasonably priced . COMPARATIVE HANDBOOK OF CONGO LANGUAGES , Being a comparative grammar of the eight principal languages spoken along the banks of the Congo River fom the West Coast of Africa to Stanley Falls .and of Swahili , the ' lingua franca- .

and of Swahili, the "lingua franca" of the country stretching thence to the East Coast, with a Comparative Vocabulary giving 800 selected words from these Languages with their English equivalents, followed by Appendices on six other dialects. Compiled and Prepared for the Baptist Missionary Society, London, by Walter Henry Stapleton, Missionary of the Society on the Upper Congo River. Yakusu, Stanley Falls, Congo Independent State: "Hannah Wade" Printing Press, Baptist Missionary Society, Bolobo, 1903 Contemporary half-calf, 8vo. iii,a-s,xxiii,326pp. index. The eight languages are: Kongo, Bangui, Lolo, Ngale, Poto, Ngombe, Soko and Kele; and the six in the appendix are: Teke, Sakani, Lomongo, Boko, Mpombo and Lulua. This copy has been interleaved with blanks, with the signature of 'Donald Dron. Bolobo, Congo,- 1903' to the head of the title page, a very good copy of the first edition in a contemporary dark green half-calf from the John Lawson collection with his bookplate. ".a sound piece of comparative study." - in Doke: Bantu, pg. 19. We have been selling antiquarian books on Africa, Oceania, archaeology, anthropology, travel and the ancient world for over forty years. All our books are carefully catalogued and they are in excellent condition unless stated in the description. All shipments are fully insured at our expense. All books are carefully packaged in new packaging material and despatched by registered or recorded mail, or by a courier service; the customer is always able to track their shipment. All sales are accompanied by a VAT invoice. Photographs may be supplied if requested.[O].