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Record 1 1996-10-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psycho-, Socio- and Ethnolinguistics
CONT

Although word lists of a number of sub-Saharan languages were recorded by Europeans as early as the 15th and 16th centuries, and the first grammar of a sub-Saharan language (Kongo) was published in 1659, extensive study of African languages and systematic attempts at grouping and classifying them did not begin until the 19th century.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psycho-, socio- et ethnolinguistique

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