A Grammar of Bangime
Download or Read eBook A Grammar of Bangime PDF written by Jeffrey Heath and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2018-03-19 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Jeffrey Heath |
| Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |
| Total Pages | : 496 |
| Release | : 2018-03-19 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9783110765212 |
| ISBN-13 | : 3110765217 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (12 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis A Grammar of Bangime by : Jeffrey Heath
Book excerpt: Spoken only in a cul-de-sac valley in Dogon country in east-central Mali, Bangime is the most enigmatic language isolate in the whole of interior West Africa. It is apparently a Basque-like survival of a formerly widespread language family, now boxed into this small valley by the expansion of Niger-Congo languages (Dogon, Bozo, Mande) on all sides. This book brings out the full glory of its grammar, especially its 3-level tone system.
