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[ Niger-Congo » Benue-Congo » Bantoid » Bantu » Zone p. ]

Bantu languages of Zone P

There are 10-20 languages in Zone P, the largest of which are Makhuwa, Lomwe, Yao, and Makonde.

Zone p. languages are spoken in southern Tanzania, northern Mozambique, and southern Malawi.

Quick jump to other Bantu zones:
AAA, BBB, CCC, DDD, EEE, FFF, GGG, HHH, JJJ, KKK, LLL, MMM, NNN, PPP, RRR, SSS

Distribution of Bantu P

General, comparative, miscellaneous back to top »

Derek Nurse, Gérard Philippson, 1975
The Tanzanian Language Survey. Hosted at the CBOLD site.
www.cbold.ddl.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr

Gérard Philippson, 1991
Tons et accent dans les langues bantu d'Afrique orientale (PDF). Thèse d'état. Université René Descartes (Paris 5).
www.ddl.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr/Annuaires/PDF/philippson/these.pdf

Gérard Philippson, 1998
Tone reduction vs metrical attraction in the evolution of Eastern Bantu tone systems (PDF). From: Theoretical aspects of Bantu tone. Edited by Larry M. Hyman and Charles W. Kisseberth. CSLI Stanford University.
www.ddl.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr/Annuaires/PDF/Philippson/Philippson_1998a.pdf

Chuwabo, Echuwabo (P34) back to top »

Wilhelm H.I. Bleek, 1856
The languages of Mosambique: vocabularies of the dialects of Lourenzo Marques, Inhambane, Sofala, Tette, Sena, Quellimane, Mosambique, Cape Delgado, Anjoane, the Maravi, Mudasu etc. (PDF). Harrison & Sons.
books.google.com/books?id=1rQFAAAAQAAJ

Koti, Ekoti (P311) back to top »

Wilhelm H.I. Bleek, 1856
The languages of Mosambique: vocabularies of the dialects of Lourenzo Marques, Inhambane, Sofala, Tette, Sena, Quellimane, Mosambique, Cape Delgado, Anjoane, the Maravi, Mudasu etc. (PDF). Harrison & Sons.
books.google.com/books?id=1rQFAAAAQAAJ

Lomwe (P32) back to top »

Wilhelm H.I. Bleek, 1856
The languages of Mosambique: vocabularies of the dialects of Lourenzo Marques, Inhambane, Sofala, Tette, Sena, Quellimane, Mosambique, Cape Delgado, Anjoane, the Maravi, Mudasu etc. (PDF). Harrison & Sons.
books.google.com/books?id=1rQFAAAAQAAJ

Mabiha, Mavia (P25) back to top »

Wilhelm H.I. Bleek, 1856
The languages of Mosambique: vocabularies of the dialects of Lourenzo Marques, Inhambane, Sofala, Tette, Sena, Quellimane, Mosambique, Cape Delgado, Anjoane, the Maravi, Mudasu etc. (PDF). Harrison & Sons.
books.google.com/books?id=1rQFAAAAQAAJ

Derek Nurse, Gérard Philippson, 1975/99
The Tanzanian language survey: Mabia. Database hosted at the CBOLD site.
www.cbold.ddl.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr/Docs/TLS.html

Makonde, Shimakonde (P23) back to top »

Pieter Jacob Kraal, 2005
A grammar of Makonde, Chinnima, Tanzania (PDF). Dissertation. State University of Leiden.
hdl.handle.net/1887/4271

Derek Nurse, Gérard Philippson, 1975/99
The Tanzanian language survey: Makonde. Database hosted at the CBOLD site.
www.cbold.ddl.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr/Docs/TLS.html

Makhuwa, Emakhuwa (P31) back to top »

Herman M. Batibo, 1997
The historical implications of the linguistic relationship between Makua and Sotho languages (PDF). Pula: Botswana journal of African studies, v. 11.1, p. 23-29.
digital.lib.msu.edu/projects/africanjournals/index.cfm

Wilhelm H.I. Bleek, 1856
The languages of Mosambique: vocabularies of the dialects of Lourenzo Marques, Inhambane, Sofala, Tette, Sena, Quellimane, Mosambique, Cape Delgado, Anjoane, the Maravi, Mudasu etc. (PDF). Harrison & Sons.
books.google.com/books?id=1rQFAAAAQAAJ

Farida Cassimjee, Charles W. Kisseberth, 1998
Tonal variation across Emakhuwa dialects (PDF). Rutgers Optimal Archive ROA-289.
roa.rutgers.edu/index.php3?id=320

Farida Cassimjee, Charles W. Kisseberth, 1999
A conspiracy argument for Optimality Theory: Emakhuwa dialectology (PDF) or (PS). From: UPenn working papers in linguistics, v. 6(1).
ling.upenn.edu/papers/v6.1-contents.html

Charles Kisseberth, 1996
Makhua wordlist (7,200 items). Hosted at the CBOLD site.
www.cbold.ddl.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr

Oliver Kroeger, 2005
Report of a survey of coastal Makua dialects (PDF). SIL electronic survey report SILESR 2005-020.
www.sil.org/silesr/abstract.asp?ref=2005-020

Duane Reiman, 2001
Findings from the sociolinguistic survey of the Lolo people (PDF). SIL electronic survey report SILESR 2002-001.
www.sil.org/silesr/2002/001

Jenneke van der Wal, 2006
The disjoint verb form and an empty Immediate After Verb position in Makhuwa (PDF). ZAS papers in linguistics, n. 43, p. 233-256.
www.zas.gwz-berlin.de/index.html?publications_zaspil

Matumbi, Kimatuumbi (P13) back to top »

Derek Nurse, Gérard Philippson, 1975/99
The Tanzanian language survey: Matumbi. Database hosted at the CBOLD site.
www.cbold.ddl.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr/Docs/TLS.html

Mbunga (P15) back to top »

Derek Nurse, Gérard Philippson, 1975/99
The Tanzanian language survey: Mbunga. Database hosted at the CBOLD site.
www.cbold.ddl.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr/Docs/TLS.html

Mwera (P22) back to top »

Derek Nurse, Gérard Philippson, 1975/99
The Tanzanian language survey: Mwera, Mwera1. Database hosted at the CBOLD site.
www.cbold.ddl.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr/Docs/TLS.html

Nathembo, Sakati (P312) back to top »

Chris Lyndon, Ada Lyndon, 2007
Enthhembo: an appraisal of linguistic and sociolinguistic factors (PDF). SIL electronic survey report SILESR 2007-003.
www.sil.org/silesr/abstract.asp?ref=2007-003

Ndengereko (P11) back to top »

Orville Boyd Jenkins, 2006
Language, tribe, and ethnic clusters: analyzing the Ndengereko cluster in Tanzania.
strategyleader.org/peopledefinitions/langtribendengereko.html

Derek Nurse, Gérard Philippson, 1975/99
The Tanzanian language survey: Ndengeleko. Database hosted at the CBOLD site.
www.cbold.ddl.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr/Docs/TLS.html

Eva-Marie Ström
Ongoing grammar description of Ndengereko. Dept of Oriental and African Languages, Göteborg University.
www.african.gu.se/strom

Ngindo (P14) back to top »

Derek Nurse, Gérard Philippson, 1975/99
The Tanzanian language survey: Ngindo. Database hosted at the CBOLD site.
www.cbold.ddl.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr/Docs/TLS.html

Ruihi, Rufiji (P12) back to top »

Derek Nurse, Gérard Philippson, 1975/99
The Tanzanian language survey: Rufiji. Database hosted at the CBOLD site.
www.cbold.ddl.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr/Docs/TLS.html

Yao, Ciyao (P21) back to top »

Wilhelm H.I. Bleek, 1856
The languages of Mosambique: vocabularies of the dialects of Lourenzo Marques, Inhambane, Sofala, Tette, Sena, Quellimane, Mosambique, Cape Delgado, Anjoane, the Maravi, Mudasu etc. (PDF). Harrison & Sons.
books.google.com/books?id=1rQFAAAAQAAJ

Al Mtenje, 2002
An optimality theoretic account of Ciyao verbal reduplication (PDF). Hosted at the LASU site.
www.african.gu.se/lasu/papers/mtenje2002.pdf

Armindo Ngunga, 2001
Yao wordlist (7,400 items). Hosted at the CBOLD site.
www.cbold.ddl.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr

Derek Nurse, Gérard Philippson, 1975/99
The Tanzanian language survey: Yao. Database hosted at the CBOLD site.
www.cbold.ddl.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr/Docs/TLS.html

Philip M. Parker
Yao English dictionary.
www.websters-online-dictionary.org/translation/Yao

Darren Tanner, 2006
Context insensitive vowel hiatus resolution in Ciyao (PDF). Univ. of Washington working papers in linguistics, v. 25, p. 1-24.
depts.washington.edu/uwwpl/editions/vol25.html

Darren Tanner, 2007
Context insensitive vowel hiatus resolution in Ciyao (PDF). Rutgers Optimal Archive ROA-903.
roa.rutgers.edu/view.php3?id=1286


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