Grundriss einer Lautlehre der Bantusprachen
work by Meinhof
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Grundriss einer Lautlehre der Bantusprachen (1899) is a foundational work by German scholar Carl Meinhof. It systematically outlines the sound-shifting laws of six modern Bantu languages. Meinhof used this analysis to postulate a Proto-Bantu language, suggesting it was the predecessor to these contemporary tongues. This study was a significant early European contribution to the systematic study of African languages, particularly the Bantu languages spoken across a vast area of Africa.12
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