Table of Contents

1. IntroductionPart A2. Sounds of Bantu3. Phonology4. Tonology5. Derivational Morphology6. Tense and Aspect7. Noun Classes8. Syntax9. Historical Linguistics10. Towards a Historical Classification of the Bantu Languages11. Grammaticalization12. Contact Languages13. AcquistitionPart B14. Grassfields Bantu15. Basaa (A43)16. Nen (A44)17. Kpa (A53)18. Makaa (A83)19. The Bantu Languages of the Forest20. The B30 Language Group21. Babole (C101)22. Lega (D25)23. Bila (D32)24. Kilimanjaro Bantu (E60 and E74)25. The Interlacustrine Zone (Zone J)26. Rufiji-Ruvuma (N10, P10-20)27. Makhuwa (P30)28. Western Savanna (K, R)29. Herero (R31)30. Zone S31. A Classification of the Bantu Languages

About the Author

Gerard Philippson is Professor of Bantu Languages at the Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales and is a member of the Dyamique de Langage research team of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Lyon II University. He has mainly worked on comparative Bantu tonology. Other areas of interest include Afro-Asiatic, general phonology, linguistic classification and its correlation with population genetics.