Johnston, Harry Hamilton 1908

Johnston, Harry Hamilton. 1908. George Grenfell and the Congo: a history and description of the Congo Independent State and adjoining districts of Congoland, together with some account of the native peoples and their languages, the fauna and flora; and similar notes on the Cameroons and the island of Fernando Pô, the whole founded on the diaries and researches of the late Rev. George Grenfell, B.M.S., F.R.G.S.; and on the records of the British Baptist Missionary Society; and on additional information contributed by the author, by the Rev. Lawson Forfeitt, Mr Emil Torday, and others. London: Hutchinson & Co. xxiii+990pp. (2 vols).

@book{26174,
  address    = {London},
  author     = {Johnston, Harry Hamilton},
  note       = {2 vols},
  pages      = {xxiii+990},
  publisher  = {Hutchinson & Co.},
  title      = {George Grenfell and the Congo: a history and description of the Congo Independent State and adjoining districts of Congoland, together with some account of the native peoples and their languages, the fauna and flora; and similar notes on the Cameroons and the island of Fernando Pô, the whole founded on the diaries and researches of the late Rev. George Grenfell, B.M.S., F.R.G.S.; and on the records of the British Baptist Missionary Society; and on additional information contributed by the author, by the Rev. Lawson Forfeitt, Mr Emil Torday, and others},
  year       = {1908},
  bestfn     = {africa\johnston_grenfell-congo1908_o.pdf},
  besttxt    = {ptxt2\africa\johnston_grenfell-congo1908_o.txt},
  fn         = {africa\johnston_grenfell-congo1908_o.pdf, africa\johnston_grenfell-congo1908.pdf, africa\johnston_grenfell-congo1908pages.pdf},
  hhtype     = {overview;ethnographic;wordlist},
  inlg       = {English [eng]},
  jfmnote    = {Includes sections/chapters on 'Modern missionary pioneers in Congoland', 'Modern history of Congo', 'Grenfell's 1ast journey beyond Stanley Pool', 'Discovery of Mubangi', 'Lunda expedition', 'Congoland before white man ruled', 'Anthropology', 'Traditions, stories', 'Languages', and many other things. The second volume contains brief vocabularies of, e.g., Ndunga-le (p. 833), Mangbetu (p. 836), Mba-ne (p. 876).},
  keywords   = {;waf;caf;drc;cng;cmr;eqg;trv;ant;lng;lxl;bnt;u.471;u.472;v.471;},
  lgcode     = {Grenfell's Wambutu = Medje = Mangbetu [mdj], Mañbettu = Mangbetu [mdj], Mba [mfc], The language of the people above Busembe-Mubangi River between 3deg 2' and 3deg 30' N = Mpompo = Mpombo = A Monzomboic language, Mundu by Johnston [muh], Sango [sag], Mongwandi = Northern Ngbandi [ngb], Nyamnyam = Zande [zne], Sango [sag], Lendu [led], Madi, Ndonga = Ndunga [ndt] and Bamanga, Kuamba = Amba [rwm], Lihuku = Vanuma [vau], Bambuttu = Budu [buu], Kibira same as Stanleys Babira Kinnena Waldland = Forest Bila = Bila [bip], Bakiokwa or Bakwa = a dialect of BoBwa = Bwa [bww], Bakumu = Komo [kmw], Lubira = Bera [brf], Babali = mix of Bali and Ngelima, Balese = Lese [les], Ababua = Bwa [bww], Babati = Westernmost Ababua = Bwa [bww], Kele or Lokele = Kele (Democratic Republic of Congo) [khy], Soko or Losoko = So [soc], Lokusu or Lofoma = Foma [fom], Bamboli, Genya = Enya [gey], Maniema-Bakusu = Kusu [ksv], Likangana, Ngombe-Lofoto, Bwela-Abuja [bwl], Bangala, Lolo-Lonkundo-Lumongo [lol], Lo-Bobangi = Bangi [bni], Basongo-Meno = Songomeno [soe], Boma = Boma Nord = Boma Nord [NOCODE_Boma-Nord], Teke, Fangwe-Aduma = Duma [dma], Fangwe-Mpongwe = Myene [mye], Bakele, Duala [dua], Isubu-Bakwiri = Isu [szv], Bali-NE Cameroons, Indiki = Penin of Koelle = Mandi A46 = Tunen [tvu], Kirundi [run], Kabwari-Kilega = Kabwari [kcw], Kiguha-Kitabwa, Luba = Luba-Lulua [lua], Bube},
  macro_area = {Africa},
  oclc       = {315740271},
  src        = {eballiso2009, hh}
}

Languages

Name in source Glottolog languoid
Grenfell's Wambutu = Medje
Mañbettu
Mba
The language of the people above Busembe-Mubangi River between 3deg 2' and 3deg 30' N = Mpompo = Mpombo = A Monzomboic language
    Mundu by Johnston
    Sango
    Mongwandi
    Nyamnyam
    Sango
    Lendu
    Madi
      Ndonga and Bamanga]
      Kuamba
      Lihuku
      Bambuttu
      Kibira same as Stanleys Babira Kinnena Waldland = Forest Bila
      Bakiokwa or Bakwa = a dialect of BoBwa
      Bakumu
      Lubira
      Babali = mix of Bali and Ngelima
        Balese
        Ababua
        Babati = Westernmost Ababua
        Kele or Lokele
        Soko or Losoko
        Lokusu or Lofoma
        Bamboli
          Genya
          Maniema-Bakusu
          Likangana
            Ngombe-Lofoto
              Bwela-Abuja
              Bangala
                Lolo-Lonkundo-Lumongo
                Lo-Bobangi
                Basongo-Meno
                Boma = Boma Nord
                Teke
                  Fangwe-Aduma
                  Fangwe-Mpongwe
                  Bakele
                    Duala
                    Isubu-Bakwiri
                    Bali-NE Cameroons
                      Indiki = Penin of Koelle = Mandi A46
                      Kirundi
                      Kabwari-Kilega
                      Kiguha-Kitabwa
                        Luba
                        Bube