Was Proto-Kikongo a 5 or 7-Vowel Language? Bantu Spirantization and Vowel Merger in the Kikongo Language Cluster
1. IntroductionThe Kikongo Language Cluster (KLC) is a group of closely related Bantu languages spoken in a contiguous area covering parts of southern Gabon, southern Congo-Brazzaville, southwestern Congo-Kinshasa and northern Angola including Cabinda. According to phylogenetic classifications rely...
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Linguistique et Langues Africaines
2022
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| Online dostop: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |