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The Parentage and Development of Lozi by D.F. GOWLETT is a Arts and Humanities article available to read on EtoBox.
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Lozi, known äs Silozi or Sikololo by its Speakers, the Malozi (sg. Mulozi), is spoken in Zambia's Western Province (formerly a British Protectorate known äs Barotseland), äs well äs in adjacent areas in Zimbabwe and the Caprivi, Namibia. It is a member of the Bantu family of languages, being classified by Doke (1945) äs a member of the Sotho group of the South-Eastern Zone, whereas Guthrie (1971) classifies it on its own äs the Lozi Group, K.20. In our view, Lozi belongs with the Sotho group, since however much it may differ with respect to certain classificatory criteria from the other Sotho languages, it is to a large extent mutually intelligible with them. However, it is a particular feature of the Lozi language that it is a child of two parents, Sotho and Luyana (also known äs Luyi). Its one inheritance it owes to the Kololo, a Sotho group under the leadership of Sebitwane whose warriors left Lesotho, ultimately to conquer the Luyi in the area of the flood plains of the Zambezi River. They must have spoken a dialect closely akin to modern-day South Sotho, though by the time they reached their place of settlement, their language must have been contaminated by Tswana dialects, si
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- Author
- D.F. GOWLETT
- Publisher
- Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG; Walter de Gruyter GmbH (ISSN 0167-6164)
- Published
- 1989
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Arts and Humanities (Social Sciences)