Introducing a state-of-the-art phylogenetic classification of the Kikongo Language Cluster
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22334182 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gilles-Maurice De Schryver (0000-0001-7272-9878), Rebecca Grollemund (0000-0001-6795-5571), Simon Branford, Koen Bostoen (0000-0003-2284-6165), Koen A G Bostoen |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 87-162 |
| Publication date | 2015-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Africana Linguistica (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2033-8732 • E-ISSN: 2034-8436 |
| Publisher | PERSEE Program (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3406/aflin.2015.1044 |
| OpenAlex | W4244849400 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 31 |
It is shown how past lexicostatistic efforts eventually led to lexically-driven phylogenetic classifications of the Bantu languages. As a new case study, 95 North-West and West Bantu language varieties are sampled across geographical space, with a focus on the wider Lower Congo region. This leads to the discovery of a discrete clade within West-Coastal Bantu, which we term the Kikongo Language Cluster (KLC), a disparate continuum of closely related Bantu languages. Both a branching tree and a continuum model are called in to ‘ define’ the true nature of the KLC, and pre-historical implications are drawn from this
Bantu languages · Biology · Clade · Ethnology · Genealogy · Geography · Historical linguistics · Linguistics · Phylogenetic tree · History · Language and cultural evolution
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| Unique citing works | 31 |
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| Citations per year | 3,1 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2025 (10) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 27 |