James, Wendy and Baumann, Gerd and Johnson, Douglas H. 1996

James, Wendy, Gerd Baumann & Douglas H. Johnson. 1996. Juan Maria Schuver's Travels in north-east Africa, 1880-1883. (Works by the Hakluyt Society: Series 2, 184.) London: Hakluyt Society. 486pp.

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  address    = {London},
  author     = {James, Wendy and Baumann, Gerd and Johnson, Douglas H.},
  pages      = {486},
  publisher  = {Hakluyt Society},
  series     = {Works by the Hakluyt Society: Series 2},
  title      = {Juan Maria Schuver's Travels in north-east Africa, 1880-1883},
  volume     = {184},
  year       = {1996},
  bestfn     = {africa\jamesetal_schuver1996_o.pdf},
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  hhtype     = {ethnographic;wordlist},
  inlg       = {English [eng]},
  lgcode     = {Appendix VII: Schuver's vocabularies and ethnographic notes (pp. 329-346.): includes "Goma" (Koma or Kwama) = Kwama [kmq], and "Sinetjo/Seenetyó" (who live in two villages on the crests of the Booba mountains east of Fazogl) = Boro/Shinassha [bwo], Gambiel (from Kilai) (Koman language Shyita (= Ciita/Ansita) as Gambiel (Gambela) and Kilai are place names) = Dana [NOCODE_Dana], Gumus (Gumuz) [guk], Kadalo (a dialect of Gumuz possibly mixed with Berta and even Koman elements-according to the editors) Schuver says "their language is a mixture of Gumus and Berta (both bastardized) and a few original words = Gumus (Gumuz) [guk], Ingassana (Gamk or Tabi) - Schuver notes that the speaker was chewing tobacco and hard to understand = Gaam [tbi]},
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Name in source Glottolog languoid
Appendix VII: Schuver's vocabularies and ethnographic notes (pp. 329-346.): includes "Goma" (Koma or Kwama)
and "Sinetjo/Seenetyó" (who live in two villages on the crests of the Booba mountains east of Fazogl)
Gambiel (from Kilai) (Koman language Shyita (= Ciita/Ansita) as Gambiel (Gambela) and Kilai are place names)
Gumus (Gumuz)
Kadalo (a dialect of Gumuz possibly mixed with Berta and even Koman elements-according to the editors) Schuver says "their language is a mixture of Gumus and Berta (both bastardized) and a few original words
Ingassana (Gamk or Tabi) - Schuver notes that the speaker was chewing tobacco and hard to understand