book chapter
Kinship terminology of the South African Bantu
Government Printer • Pretoria • Published In 1931 • Pages: 1-19, 29-37, 118-119
By: Van Warmelo, N. J. (Nicolaas Jacobus).
Abstract
This source is the work of a professional ethnographer whose data were gathered from native informants. It contains a detailed accounting of Zulu kinship terms, claiming for them a common origin with the terminological systems of related non-Zulu Bantu peoples, especially Xosa (FX17) and Ndebele (FX18). He argues that differences among the terminological systems discussed are related to differences among these groups in behavioral patterns, including especially marital regulations and the relative import of seniority status within the family and the sib.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2005
- Region
- Africa
- Sub Region
- Southern Africa
- Document Type
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Ethnologist-5
- Analyst
- Jan Simpson ; John Beierle ; 1979
- Coverage Date
- not specified
- Coverage Place
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
- Notes
- Nicolaas Jacobus van Warmelo
- Includes bibliographical references
- Pages 20-28 and 38-117 contain no material on Zulu and are not included
- LCSH
- Zulu (African people)