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Polyglotta Africana

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classification of Niger-Congo languages

  • distribution of the Niger-Congo languages
    In Niger-Congo languages: Classification of Niger-Congo languages

    …Leone), produced his monumental work, Polyglotta Africana, in 1854. He obtained lists of 283 words in 156 languages and grouped them so as to reflect what he considered to be the relationships between the languages. Many of his language groups correspond closely to the current classification of these languages.

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