The area covered by this book, originally published in 1953, is one that has long been recognized as presenting many problems from the point of view of Bantu linguistic studies. Almost all the material set out in this present work is based on notes taken in the field, and in many cases presented completely new facts. The sources of the information used are listed at the end of the linguistic description of each of the groups of languages dealt with. Since there are so many languages to be covered it would be impracticable to give even an outline of the main features of each of them, so an outline is given of the main characteristics of each separate group. One language is used as the type for each group, for the purpose of listing examples of the nominal prefixes, verbal conjugation, and personal prefixes. Other features are illustrated from whichever language is the most suitable.
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The dialects of this language are spoken in the island of Fernando Po.
A.32 BATANGA
A.32aBANƆƆ [Noko, Noho]
Spoken by some 2,000 people along the coast of Cameroun, near Kribi.
A.32bBAPỌKỌ [Naka, Puku]
Spoken by a very small group along the coast of Cameroun, near Grand Batanga.
A.33 YASA and KOMBE
Spoken along the coast of Cameroun and Rio Muni in scattered Settlements by a small number of people.
A.34 BẸŊGA
Spoken by small groups ofpeople along the southern coast of Rio Muni, in the island of Corisco, and at Cap Esterias in Gabon.
LINGUISTIC FEATURES
There is so little reliable information about A.31 that is not possible to include any- thing about the linguistic features of these dialects. Also for A.33, beyond reports of similarity to A.32 and A.34 nothing certain is known. The type language for these notes is A.34 B
ŋga.
A. SOUND PATTERNS
Closed syllables apparently do not occur in the...
