Maps of Ngombe
Bantu: Distribution of Bantu Languages (Meinhof and Warmelo)
Distribution of Bantu Languages
Source: Meinhof, Carl and N.J van Warmelo. 1932. Introduction to the Phonology of Bantu Languages. Berlin: The International Institute of African Languages and Cultures.
Map Description:
This map illustrates the distribution of Bantu languages in Central and South Africa in the 1930s. According to the authors, the following languages are not Bantu languages: Kongo, Bushman, Nama, Korana, Pedi, Galla, Swahili (Mombasa), Mbugu, Swahili (lingua franca of East Africa) and Swahili (Zanzibar). However, the statement that Kongo, Pedi and Swahili are not Bantu languages go against current scholarly consensus.
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North Africa: Omotic in Northern Africa
Omotic in Northern Africa
Data Source:
Irvine, A. K. and David Appleyard. 2007. "The Middle East and North Africa". In R. E. Asher & Christopher Moseley (eds.). Atlas of the World’s Languages. Oxford: Routledge.
"Afro-Asiatic: Composite 2010". MultiTree: A Digital Library of Language Relationships
Date Digitized: May 2011.
Map Description:
The areas pictured display locations of where Omotic languages are spoken today. Although study of this subgroup is still in the early stages and many remain unwritten, this relatively small area maintains a strong speaker population. Many of the languages share a very similar vocabulary with neighboring Cushitic languages, and were formally classified under this subgroup (Irvine and Appleyard 2007).
This original map was made by vectorizing data from the MultiTree language database and the Atlas of the World's Languages.
Other resources related to this project:
This folder (Northern African Languages) contains other maps showing linguistic subgroups. The maps may be overlaid on each other for a more complete picture.
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