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Welcome! You have reached the third page of Benue-Congo languages, which is just one part of the "Language Finger" homepage, which is an index by language to the holdings of the Mansfield Library of The University of Montana.

Languages on this page so far are Tswa-Ronga, Tswana, Urohima, Venda, Xhosa, and Zulu. 

Tswa-Ronga
						updated 4-4-2003

	Tswa-Ronga (Niger-Kordofanian), also called Tsonga and Thonga, belongs
to the Strict Bantu sub-branch of the Bantoid sub-branch of the Benue-Congo sub-
branch of the Niger-Congo branch of the Niger-Kordofanian family of languages.
Tswa-Ronga is spoken in Mozambique, South Africa, and Swaziland.

968.063		The geography of change in South Africa / edited by Anthony Lemon. --
G345			Chichester, England : Wiley, 1995.
		RID: 94-21402			ITEM #: afr00005

323.490968	South Africa. Truth and Reconciliation Commission
S72622t			Truth and Reconciliation Commission of South Africa
		report. -- [S.l.] : The Commission,
		RID: 99-14724			ITEM #: zul00003
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Tswana
						updated 4-4-2003

	Tswana (Niger-Kordogfanian), also called Setswana, belongs to the Strict
Bantu sub-branch of the Bantoid sub-branch of the Benue-Congo sub-branch of the
Niger-Congo branch of the Niger-Kordofanian family of languages.  Tswana is spoken
in Botswana and in South Africa.  Tswana is sometimes called Western Sotho; it is
closely related to Sotho.  Tswana is written with the Latin alphabet.

968.063		The geography of change in South Africa / edited by Anthony Lemon. --
G345			Chichester, England : Wiley, 1995
		RID: 94-21402				ITEM #: afr00005

809.8968	The lava of this land. -- [S.l.] : Triquarterly Books, 1997
L392
		RID: 97-15916				ITEM #: zul00002

323.490968	South Africa. Truth and Reconciliation Commission
S72622t			Truth and Reconciliation Commission of South Africa
		report. -- [S.l.] : The Commission,
		RID: 99-14724				ITEM #: zul00003
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Urohima
					updated 4-4-2003

	Urohima (Niger-Kordofanian) belongs to the Strict Bantu sub-branch of
the Bantoid sub-branch of the Benue-Congo sub-branch of the Niger-Congo branch
of the Niger-Kordofanian family of languages.  Urohuma, also called Huma, is a
dialect of Urohima.  Urohima is spoken in Rwanda.

970.6897	Swann, Brian
S972s			Song of the sky : versions of Native American song-poems. -- Rev. and
1993		expanded ed. -- Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, 1993.
		RID: 93-5152				ITEM #: ill00001
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Venda
						updated 4-4-2003

	Venda (Niger-Kordofanian) belongs to the Strict Bantu sub-branch of the
Bantoid sub-branch of the Benue-Congo sub-branch of the Niger-Congo branch of
the Niger-Kordofanian family of languages.  Venda is spoken in South Africa.

968.063		The geography of change in South Africa / edited by Anthony Lemon. --
G345			Chichester, England : Wiley, 1995.
		RID: 94-21402				ITEM #: afr00005

323.490968	South Africa. Truth and Reconciliation Commission
S72622t			Truth and Reconciliation Commission of South Africa
		report. -- [S.l.] : The Commission,
		RID: 99-14724				ITEM #: zul00003
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Xhosa
						updated 4-4-2003

	Xhosa (Niger-Kordofanian) belongs to the Strict Bantu sub-branch of the
Bantoid sub-branch of the Benue-Congo sub-branch of the Niger-Congo branch of
the Niger-Kordofanian family of languages.  Xhosa is spoken in South Africa.  Xhosa
has been influenced by the neighboring Khoisan languages, and contains some of
their same "click" sounds.  Xhosa is written with the Latin alphabet.

968.063		The geography of change in South Africa / edited by Anthony Lemon. --
G345			Chichester, England : Wiley, 1995.
		RID: 94-21402				ITEM #: afr00005

809.8968	The lava of this land. -- [S.l.] : Triquarterly Books, 1997
L392
		RID: 97-15916				ITEM #: zul00002

323.490968	South Africa. Truth and Reconciliation Commission
S72622t			Truth and Reconciliation Commission of South Africa
		report. -- [S.l.] : The Commission,
		RID: 99-14724				ITEM #: zul00003
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Zulu
						updated 6-12-2001

	Zulu (Niger-Kordofanian) belongs to the Strict Bantu sub-branch of the Bantoid
sub-branch of the Benue-Congo sub-branch of the Niger-Congo branch of the Niger-
Kordofanian family of languages.  Zulu is one of the official languages of South Africa; it
is also spoken in Lesotho, Malawi, and Swaziland.  Ndebele, also called Matabele, is a
dialect of Zulu spoken in Rhodesia.  Zulu is written with the Latin alphabet.

496.390321	Doke, Clement Martyn, 1893-
D658e			[English and Zulu dictionary]
Ref.			English-Zulu dictionary
		RID: wln86-104351		ITEM #: zul00001

968.063		The geography of change in South Africa / edited by
G345			Anthony Lemon. - Chichester, England : Wiley,
			1995
		RID: 94-21402		ITEM #: afr00005

639.979668	Kock, Michael D
K768r			Report on dehorning of black (Diceros bicornis)
		and white (Ceratotherium simum) rhinoceroses in
		Zimbabwe / Michael D. Kock, Mark Atkinson. - Harare,
		Zimbabwe : Dept. of National Parks and Wild Life
		Management, 1993
		RID: ---			ITEM #: swa00012

809.8968	The lava of this land : South African poetry, 1960-1996.
L392			-- [S.l.] : Triquarterly Books, 1997
		RID: 97-15916		ITEM #: zul00002

782.42162	Seeger, Pete, 1919-
S451w			Where have all the flowers gone : a singer's stories,
		songs, seeds, robberies. - Bethlehem, PA : Sing Out, 1993
		RID: 93-8352		ITEM #: dan00019

323.490968	South Africa. Truth and Reconciliation Commission
S72622t			Truth and Reconciliation Commission of South Africa
		report. - [Johannesburg?, South Africa] : The Commission,
		RID: 99-14724		ITEM #: zul00003
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