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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  hhtype           = {overview;wordlist},
  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], 5xIbo, 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, Nupe [nup], Kupa [kug], Esitako = Eshitako = Dibo [dio], Musu = Mussu a Nupoid lg, Goali-Gugu = Gbari, Goali-Kaburo, Basa-Kurade, Ebe = Asu (Nigeria) [aum], Egbira-Opanda = Ebira [igb], Egbira-Atumei = Ebira [igb], Egbira-Hima = Ebira [igb], Buduma, Bornu-Kanuri = Central Kanuri [knc], Bornu-Manga, Bornu-Nguru, Bornu-Kanem = Kanembu [kbl], Pika/Fika, Karekare [kai], Bode-Abunogo = Bade [bde], Bode-Ngodsin = Ngizim [ngi], Bode-Doei = Duwai [dbp], Ekamtulufu = Nde, Udom, Mbofon = Abanyom [abm], Eafen, Basa, Kamuku-Okasa 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], 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
                5xIbo
                  Sobo
                  Egbele = Ekpheli
                  Bini
                  Ihewe = Isewe = Ihievbe = Ihiebe = Sebe
                  Oloma
                  Okuloma
                  Udso a Western dialect of Ijo
                    Nupe
                    Kupa
                    Esitako = Eshitako
                    Musu = Mussu a Nupoid lg
                      Goali-Gugu = Gbari
                        Goali-Kaburo
                          Basa-Kurade
                            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
                                            Kamuku-Okasa 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
                                                                  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