| dc.description.abstract | The twin goals of this dissertation arc to effect a
linguistically based subclassification of the Bantu languages
of Eastern Uganda and Western Kenya, and to reconstruct
a partial grammar of the immediate proto-languagl?
The languages involved. in this study are Ganda and Soga,
spoken in Eastern Uganda, and Luhyia--four dialects of which
are included and Gusii, spoken in Western Kenya. The four
than to Luhyia, was approached with an open mind. It wa-:s
dialects of Luhyia are Saamia, Wanga, Bukusu and maragoli.
The original hypotheses underlying the research were
that Ganda, Saga and Luhyia would consstitute a genetic sub-:
grouping, to be called North victorian Bantu. The status
of Logooli, widely agreed to be related to Gussi | en |
