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Title:Bantu expansion into East Africa: linguistic evidence
Author:Nurse, D.ISNI
Book title:The archaeological and linguistic reconstruction of African history
Year:1982
Pages:199-222
Language:English
Geographic terms:East Africa
Zambia
Subjects:Bantu-speaking peoples
migration
Bantu languages
Abstract:The purpose of this study is to suggest the relationships among the present-day Bantu languages of East Africa. From these patterns of relationship certain historical interpretations can be made. If the interpretations are put together with evidence from archaeology, an outline of Bantu expansion into East Africa may be arrived at. The statement covers Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, and part of northeast Zambia. Map.
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