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Swedish Contributions to Bantu Linguistics by Icaro Rocha is a document available to read on EtoBox.

This document summarizes Swedish contributions to African linguistics with a focus on Bantu languages. It describes the work of Swedish missionaries and explorers in publishing materials on African languages in Sub-Saharan Africa. In particular, it discusses the pioneering linguistic work of Nils Westlind and Karl Edvard Laman on the Kikongo language in the Lower Congo (now Democratic Republic of Congo) in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, including Westlind

Author
Icaro Rocha
Language
EN