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Bushmen terms of relationshiparticle 1924 • Bleek, D. F. (Dorothea Frances), d. 1948
San • Africa > Southern Africa
This article on San kinship terminology, gives the terms used by southern (once known as Cape Colony Bushmen), northern (Auen and !Kung groups), and central or Naron San. In addition Bleek discusses the derivation of some of the terms and offers a fe...Note on Bushmen orthographyarticle 1924 • Bleek, D. F. (Dorothea Frances), d. 1948
San • Africa > Southern Africa
This work deals with the phonetics and orthography of the San language, with some critical comments on the orthography as suggested by Doke. In the text Bleek states a preference for older writers' transcriptions of clicks which the author follows in...The Hadzapi or Watindega of Tanganyika Territoryarticle 1931 • Bleek, D. F. (Dorothea Frances), d. 1948
Hadza • Africa > Eastern Africa
This study is primarily concerned with whether the Hadza language shows a phylogenic link to the click languages of the San and Nama peoples of southern Africa. The discussion utilizes comparisons of vocabularies, phonemes and grammatical structure t...