Koelle, Sigismund W. 1854

Koelle, Sigismund W. 1854. Polyglotta Africana or Comparative Vocabulary of Nearly Three Hundred Words and Phrases in more than One Hundred Distinct African Languages. London: Church Missionary House. 216pp.

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  address          = {London},
  author           = {Koelle, Sigismund W.},
  pages            = {216},
  publisher        = {Church Missionary House},
  title            = {Polyglotta Africana or Comparative Vocabulary of Nearly Three Hundred Words and Phrases in more than One Hundred Distinct African Languages},
  year             = {1854},
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  inlg             = {English [eng]},
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  jfmnote          = {Includes samples from many languages, such as Abaja (Igbo), Adampe (Ewe), Afudu (?), Aku (Yoruba), Anfue (Vhe-Ewe), Babuma (B76b/B82?), Bagba (Nkom?), Bagbalang (?), Balu (Mungaka), Bamon, Barba (Bargu), Baseke (Seke B21), Bassa (Kamuku), Basunde (H16e) = Suundi [sdj], Bayon (Ndemli?), Biafada, Bidjogo, Boko (Busa), Bornu (Kanuri), Bumbete (B61), Bunu (Yoruba), Diwala (A24), Egba (Yoruba), Egbira, Eki (Yoruba?), Fulup (Diola), Gio (Dan), Goali (Gbari), Ham, Housa (Hausa), Ibo, Ife (Yoruba), Igala, Ihewe (Edo), Ijesha (Yoruba), Isubu (A23), Jarawa, Jebu (Yoruba), Jumu (Yoruba), Kabende (H16d), Kabunga (Maninka?), Kamuku, Kanyika (L32), Kasandsh (H34), Kaure (Tem), Kiriman (P34), Kisi, Kono, Koro, Landoma, Lapias (?, Cameroon), Lubalo (H23), Mahi (Ewe), Maravi (N31b), Matatan (P31), Mbamba (B62), Mbe, Mbofon (Bakor), Melon (Balong A13), Mende, Mfut (Kaalong), Mimboma (H16a), Mose (Mossi), Mpongwe (B11a), Munio (Kanuri), Muntu (Yao P21), Murundo (Lundu A11), Musentandu (Ntandu H16g), Mutsaya (B73a), Ngoten (A15x), Nguru (Kanuri), Nhalemoe (Central Mbo A15c), Nkele (Kele B22a), Nki (Boki), Ntere (Tege B73), Nupe, Nyamban (Copi S61), Nyombe (Yombe H16c), Ondo (Yoruba), Opanda (Igbira), Orungo (Rongo B11b), Pangela (Umbundu R11), Papiak (Bamun?), Param (Bamileke), Pulo (Fula), Ruunda (L53), Sama (H22), Sarar (Mankanya?), Songo (H24), Soso (Susu), Tiwi (Tiv), Udom (Bakor), Ujo (Ijo), Undaza (B201), Vei, Wolof, Yagba (Yoruba), Yala, Yoruba, and others. Says Welmers (1971:564f): 'For this remarkable accomplishment, at his own request, Koelle was permitted the less than princely period of six months free from other duties ... Though some of his notes may have been taken before this six-month period of full-time work, one can only be struck by the sheer enormity of the task of manuscript preparation ... His map alone, and the questions he asked to get the information on which it is based, is a masterpiece of meticulous attention to detail ... Although Koelle's unparalleled work falls somewhat short of contemporary standards in linguistics - his fairly flexible phonetic transcription cannot be expected to be fully accurate for all languages, and he understandably failed to recognize tone, although he marked what he heard as stress - it is nevertheless useful to the comparativist today, and remains a model of careful research.' Reprinted 1963 by Akademische Druck- und Verlagsanstalt in Graz, with a historiographical introduction by Paul H.E. Hair and a word index by David Dalby.},
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  lgcode           = {Fúlup = Bandial [bqj], Filham-Filhol = Diola Fogny = Jola-Fonyi [dyo], Bola = Mancagna [knf], Sarar = Manjaku = Mandjak [mfv], Pepel = Papel [pbo], Biafada [bif], Padsade = Pajade = Badyara [pbp], Baga of Balanser which is Ka:lum/Kuba = Baga Kaloum = Baga Koga [bgo], Timne [tem], Bulom-North = Bullom-Kafu = Bullom So [buy], Mampua-Bulom = Sherbro [bun], Kisi of Poruma (southern tip of Kisi Kama chiefdom in Sierra Leone) = Kissi-Northern [kqs], Mande of Kaba = Malinké, Mande of Kabu = Kabounga, Mande of Toro = Toronké = Eastern Maninkakan [emk], Mande of Jalunka = Yalunka [yal], Mande of Kankan = Eastern Maninakan [emk], Bambara = Bambara [bam], Kono = Mande Kono close to Vai [kno], Vei = Vai [vai], Soso-Solima = Susu of Sulima = Yalunka [yal], Soso-Kisekise = Susu [sus], Tene = Susu [sus], Gbandi = Bandi [bza], Landoro = Koko-Landogo = Loko [lok], Mende = Mende (Sierra Leone) [men], Gbese = Guinea Kpelle [gkp], Toma/buse = Loma [lom], Mano/Mana = Mann [mev], Gio = Dan [daf], Dewoi = Dewoin [dee], Basa-To = Bassa [bsq], Kru of Wote = Kra, Grebo-Gbumle, Gbe/Gbei = Bakwe = Bakwé [bjw], Adampe = Adangbe [adq], Anfue = Anfoin = Krepe = Éwé [ewe], Hwida, Dahome, Mahi = Maxi Gbe [mxl], 12xYoruba [yor], Igala [igl], Mose = Mossi [mos], Dselana = Dzelana = Kielana, Guren [gur], Gurma [gux], Legba = Lukpa [dop], Kaure = Kabiyé [kbp], Kiamba/Dsamba = Tem [kdh], Koa:ma = Koama = Tumuli Sisaala = Sisaala-Tumulung [sil], Bagbalan = Sisala = Tumuli Sisaala = Sisaala-Tumulung [sil], Kasm = Kasem [xsm], Yula matches different varieties of Berthelette 2001 but still probably Southern Nuni [nnw], Iso-Isoama, Ibo-Isiele, Ibo-Abadsa, Ibo-Aro, Ibo-Mbofia, Sobo = Urhobo [urh], Egbele = Ekpheli = Yekhee [ets], Bini = Bini [bin], Ihewe = Isewe = Ihievbe = Ihiebe = Sebe = Emai-Iuleha-Ora [ema], Oloma [olm], Okuloma = Ibani [iby], Udso a Western dialect of Ijo from Egbesibiri west of Dsekiri also near Dsebu where Aku is spoken and near Bobi situated on a salt lake to which white men's vessels come, Nupe [nup], Kupa [kug], Esitako = Eshitako = Dibo [dio], Musu = Mussu a Nupoid language from the village of Gbari which is west of Fai near Bako-Musidsiko-Gma-Musugo-Paigo-Gbarigo-Depi, Goali-Gugu = Gbari, Goali-Kaburo, Basa from Kurade which together with Akuya is called Akandsa or Kakandsa by the Igalans situated on the right banks of the Niger below Akuya/Dzum above Igala = Kakanda [kka], Ebe = Asu (Nigeria) [aum], Egbira-Opanda = Ebira [igb], Egbira-Atumei = Ebira [igb], Egbira-Hima = Ebira [igb], Buduma = Buduma [bdm], Bornu-Kanuri = Central Kanuri [knc], Bornu-Manga = Manga Kanuri [kby], Bornu-Nguru, Bornu-Kanem = Kanembu [kbl], Pika/Fika = Bole [bol], Karekare [kai], Bode-Abunogo = Bade [bde], Bode-Ngodsin = Ngizim [ngi], Bode-Doei = Duwai [dbp], Ekamtulufu = Nde, Udom, Mbofon = Abanyom [abm], Eafen, Basa east of Enupa four days from Koara and six from Raba = Basa [bzw], Kamuku-Okasa caled Dsinda by the Hausas looks like Cinda-Regi-Kuki = Yara [cdr], Isuwu = Isu [szv], Diwala = Duala [dua], Orungu = Myene [mye], Bayon, Bayon-Pati, Kum/Bakum = Kwakum [kwu], Bagba = Bati = Mungaka [mhk], Balu = Ngaaka = Mungaka [mhk], Mom/Bamom = Shu Pamem = Shupamem = Bamun [bax], Ngoala = Bangolan [bgj], Momenya = Bamenyam [bce], Papiah = Baba [bbw], Param = Pagham = Mengaka [xmg], Ngoten must be from Manehas = Bakaka [bqz], Melon = Mbo [mbo], Nhalemoe = Akoose [bss], Seke/Baseke = Seki [syi], Kabenda = Kakongo = Western Kikongo [kwy], Mimboma/Bamboma = Kimboma = Koongo [kng], Musentandu = Kintandu = Eastern Kikongo [NOCODE_Eastern-Kikongo], Babamba, Kanyika = Kanyoka = Kanyok [kny], Ntere/Nteke = Tsaayi = Teke-Tsaayi [tyi], Mutsaya = Laali B77b mixed with Kongo H10 = Teke-Laali [lli], Babuma = Boo B73 = Teke-Eboo [ebo], Bumbete = Mbere [mdt], Kasandsi, Nyombe/Bayombe = Yombe [yom], Sunde = Sundi H16c = Kisuundi [sdj], Ngola = Kimbundu [kmb], Pangela/Benguela = Umbundu = Umbundu [umb], Lubalo = Bolo [blv], Ruunda = Ruund [rnd], Songo [nsx], Kisama = Sama = Kimbundu [kmb], Muntu = Yao = Yao [yao], Kiriman = Chuwabu [chw], Marawi = Nyanja [nya], Meto = Makhuwa-Meeto [mgh], Matatan i.e. Makhuwa in Norubo two days inland from the islands of Mozambique probably = Makhuwa-Marrevone [xmc], Nyamban = Inhambane of Koelle = Similar to Cicopi = Chopi [cce], Wolof, Bidsogo-Arkaras = Caraxe = Kamona = Kamona Bijogo [NOCODE_Kamona], Bidsogo-Wun = Uno = Bidyogo [bjg], Gadsaga = Gadjaga (Sarakolé) = Soninké [snk], Gura/Gola = Gola [gol], Banyun = Banyun Koelle (Gujaher or Djibonker) = Bainouk-Gunyuño [bab], Nalu [naj], Bulanda, Limba = Limba-West-Central [lia], Baga of Rio Nunez = Baga Lunduma = Landoma [ldm], Asante, Barba, Boko = Boko (Benin) [bqc], Kandin = The Aïr Dialect of Tamazhaq = Tayart Tamajeq [thz], Tumbuktu = Koyra Chiini Songhay [khq], Bagermi = Bagirmi [bmi], Housa-Kano [hau], Housa Berni Kadzina [hau], Pulo-Futo-Dsalu = Pular Fuuta Djallo = Pular [fuf], Pulo-Salum = Wolof [wol], Pulo-Goburu, Pulo-Kano, Yala/Ola = Yala [yba], Anan, Dsarawa = Bankalawa = Jarawa (Nigeria) [jar], Koro of Lafia = Lijili [mgi], Ham = Hyam [jab], Akurakura = AgwaaGWune = Agwagwune [yay], Okam = Mbembe-Cross River [mfn], Yasgua from the Panda area = Yeskwa = Nyankpa [yes], Nki = Bokyi [bky], Kambali = Kambari = Central Kambari = Tsishingini [tsw], Alege [alf], Penin = Mandi A46 = Tunen [tvu], Bute, Murundo = Lundu A11 = Oroko [bdu], Undaza = Ndasa [nda], Ndɔb = Tikar [tik], Nkele = Ngom B22b = Ngom [nra], Konguan = Kenyang [ken], Mbarike = Kutep [kub], Tiwi = Tiv [tiv], Boritsũ = Yukuben [ybl], Afudu [NOCODE_Afudu], Mfut = Kaalong = Dimbong [dii], Mbe = Ngamambo [nbv], Nso = Lamnso' [lns], Arabic-Wadai = Arabic-Chadian Spoken [shu], Arabic-Adirar, Arabic-Beran, Djukũ = Wapan [juk]},
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  notes            = {Says Welmers (1971:564f): For this remarkable accomplishment, at his own request, Koelle [missionary educator at Sierra Leone] was permitted the less than princely period of six months free from other duties. Though some of his notes may have been taken before this six-month period of full-time work, one can only be struck by the sheer enormity of the task of manuscript preparation. His map alone, and the questions he asked to get the information on which it is based, is a masterpiece of meticulous attention to detail. Every linguist should carefully read Koelle's Preface as model for humility, enterprise, and linguistic perception over a century later. Although Koelle's unparalleled work falls somewhat short of contemporary standards in linguistics - his fairly flexible phonetic transcription cannot be expected to be fully accurate for all languages, and he understandably failed to recognize tone, although he marked what he heard as stress - it is nevertheless useful to the comparativist today, and remains a model of careful research.</i> Reprinted 1963 by Akademische Druck- und Verlagsanstalt in Graz, with a historiographical introduction by Paul H. E. Hair and a word index by David Dalby.},
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Document types

Languages

Name in source Glottolog languoid
Fúlup
Filham-Filhol = Diola Fogny
Bola
Sarar = Manjaku
Pepel
Biafada
Padsade = Pajade
Baga of Balanser which is Ka:lum/Kuba = Baga Kaloum
Timne
Bulom-North = Bullom-Kafu
Mampua-Bulom
Kisi of Poruma (southern tip of Kisi Kama chiefdom in Sierra Leone)
Mande of Kaba = Malinké
    Mande of Kabu = Kabounga
      Mande of Toro = Toronké
      Mande of Jalunka
      Mande of Kankan
      Bambara
      Kono
      Vei
      Soso-Solima = Susu of Sulima
      Soso-Kisekise
      Tene
      Gbandi
      Landoro = Koko-Landogo
      Mende
      Gbese
      Toma/buse
      Mano/Mana
      Gio
      Dewoi
      Basa-To
      Kru of Wote = Kra
        Grebo-Gbumle
          Gbe/Gbei = Bakwe
          Adampe
          Anfue = Anfoin = Krepe
          Hwida
            Dahome
              Mahi
              12xYoruba
              Igala
              Mose
              Dselana = Dzelana = Kielana
                Guren
                Gurma
                Legba
                Kaure
                Kiamba/Dsamba
                Koa:ma = Koama = Tumuli Sisaala
                Bagbalan = Sisala = Tumuli Sisaala
                Kasm
                Yula matches different varieties of Berthelette 2001 but still probably Southern Nuni
                Iso-Isoama
                  Ibo-Isiele
                    Ibo-Abadsa
                      Ibo-Aro
                        Ibo-Mbofia
                          Sobo
                          Egbele = Ekpheli
                          Bini
                          Ihewe = Isewe = Ihievbe = Ihiebe = Sebe
                          Oloma
                          Okuloma
                          Udso a Western dialect of Ijo from Egbesibiri west of Dsekiri also near Dsebu where Aku is spoken and near Bobi situated on a salt lake to which white men's vessels come
                            Nupe
                            Kupa
                            Esitako = Eshitako
                            Musu = Mussu a Nupoid language from the village of Gbari which is west of Fai near Bako-Musidsiko-Gma-Musugo-Paigo-Gbarigo-Depi
                              Goali-Gugu = Gbari
                                Goali-Kaburo
                                  Basa from Kurade which together with Akuya is called Akandsa or Kakandsa by the Igalans situated on the right banks of the Niger below Akuya/Dzum above Igala
                                  Ebe
                                  Egbira-Opanda
                                  Egbira-Atumei
                                  Egbira-Hima
                                  Buduma
                                  Bornu-Kanuri
                                  Bornu-Manga
                                  Bornu-Nguru
                                    Bornu-Kanem
                                    Pika/Fika
                                    Karekare
                                    Bode-Abunogo
                                    Bode-Ngodsin
                                    Bode-Doei
                                    Ekamtulufu = Nde
                                      Udom
                                        Mbofon
                                        Eafen
                                          Basa east of Enupa four days from Koara and six from Raba
                                          Kamuku-Okasa caled Dsinda by the Hausas looks like Cinda-Regi-Kuki
                                          Isuwu
                                          Diwala
                                          Orungu
                                          Bayon
                                            Bayon-Pati
                                              Kum/Bakum
                                              Bagba = Bati
                                              Balu = Ngaaka
                                              Mom/Bamom = Shu Pamem = Shupamem
                                              Ngoala
                                              Momenya
                                              Papiah
                                              Param = Pagham
                                              Ngoten must be from Manehas
                                              Melon
                                              Nhalemoe
                                              Seke/Baseke
                                              Kabenda = Kakongo
                                              Mimboma/Bamboma = Kimboma
                                              Musentandu = Kintandu
                                              Babamba
                                                Kanyika = Kanyoka
                                                Ntere/Nteke = Tsaayi
                                                Mutsaya = Laali B77b mixed with Kongo H10
                                                Babuma = Boo B73
                                                Bumbete
                                                Kasandsi
                                                  Nyombe/Bayombe
                                                  Sunde = Sundi H16c
                                                  Ngola
                                                  Pangela/Benguela = Umbundu
                                                  Lubalo
                                                  Ruunda
                                                  Songo
                                                  Kisama = Sama
                                                  Muntu = Yao
                                                  Kiriman
                                                  Marawi
                                                  Meto
                                                  Matatan i.e. Makhuwa in Norubo two days inland from the islands of Mozambique probably
                                                  Nyamban = Inhambane of Koelle = Similar to Cicopi
                                                  Wolof
                                                    Bidsogo-Arkaras = Caraxe = Kamona
                                                    Bidsogo-Wun = Uno
                                                    Gadsaga = Gadjaga (Sarakolé)
                                                    Gura/Gola
                                                    Banyun = Banyun Koelle (Gujaher or Djibonker)
                                                    Nalu
                                                    Bulanda
                                                      Limba
                                                      Baga of Rio Nunez = Baga Lunduma
                                                      Asante
                                                        Barba
                                                          Boko
                                                          Kandin = The Aïr Dialect of Tamazhaq
                                                          Tumbuktu
                                                          Bagermi
                                                          Housa-Kano
                                                          Housa Berni Kadzina
                                                          Pulo-Futo-Dsalu = Pular Fuuta Djallo
                                                          Pulo-Salum
                                                          Pulo-Goburu
                                                            Pulo-Kano
                                                              Yala/Ola
                                                              Anan
                                                                Dsarawa = Bankalawa
                                                                Koro of Lafia
                                                                Ham
                                                                Akurakura = AgwaaGWune
                                                                Okam
                                                                Yasgua from the Panda area = Yeskwa
                                                                Nki
                                                                Kambali = Kambari = Central Kambari
                                                                Alege
                                                                Penin = Mandi A46
                                                                Bute
                                                                  Murundo = Lundu A11
                                                                  Undaza
                                                                  Ndɔb
                                                                  Nkele = Ngom B22b
                                                                  Konguan
                                                                  Mbarike
                                                                  Tiwi
                                                                  Boritsũ
                                                                  Afudu
                                                                  Mfut = Kaalong
                                                                  Mbe
                                                                  Nso
                                                                  Arabic-Wadai
                                                                  Arabic-Adirar
                                                                    Arabic-Beran
                                                                      Djukũ