A pocket dictionary, Bemba to English and English to Bemba. 233pp, ZAMBIA. SOCIETY OF THE MISSIONARY FOR AFRICA,

1992 1960 9982073362 Paperback

Provides a grammatical sketch of Icibemba, known in English as Bemba or Chibemba, the most widely spoken local language in Zambia. Bemba is the principal language of the Nothern and Luapula provinces of Zambia, and extending into the Shaba Province of the Democratic Republic of Congo. It is the common language of the copperbelt region. The study includes sections on sounds, nominals, verbs and tenses, further kinds of words, and sentence patterns. First published as a chapter in Language in Zambia: Grammatical Sketches by the Institute of African Studies (now the Institute of Economic and Social Research) in 1977. 56pp, ZAMBIA. BOOKWORLD PUBLISHERS.

2000 Paperback