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Kalanga : summary grammar / created by Andy Chebanne, Daniel Schmidt.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: . no. 75 Publication details: Cape Town Centre for Advanced Studies of African Society (CASAS), 2010.Description: 270 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781920287030
Subject(s):
Contents:
Chapter 1 - Introduction,2 - The sounds of Kalanga, 3 - Orthography, 4 - The noun system, 5 - The pronouns, 6 - The verb, 7 - The Copulative, 8 - The derivation of the verb, 9 - The relative, 10 - The interrogatives, 11 - The adjective, 12 - The diminutive, 13 - The numerals, 14 - The locative, 15 - The adverb , 16 - The ideophones, 17 - The tone, 18 - Sentences and conjuctives.
Summary: "... It outlines the sound system, and the major grammatical categories such as the nominal system, the verb conjugation system, the demonstratives, the adjectives, the adverbs, the locatives, the ideophones, the tone, and the general issues of syntax.It has also some notes on the orthography (alphabet and writing rules)."
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chapter 1 - Introduction,2 - The sounds of Kalanga, 3 - Orthography, 4 - The noun system, 5 - The pronouns, 6 - The verb, 7 - The Copulative, 8 - The derivation of the verb, 9 - The relative, 10 - The interrogatives, 11 - The adjective, 12 - The diminutive, 13 - The numerals, 14 - The locative, 15 - The adverb , 16 - The ideophones, 17 - The tone, 18 - Sentences and conjuctives.

"... It outlines the sound system, and the major grammatical categories such as the nominal system, the verb conjugation system, the demonstratives, the adjectives, the adverbs, the locatives, the ideophones, the tone, and the general issues of syntax.It has also some notes on the orthography (alphabet and writing rules)."

In English, with some Kalanga.

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