Lenje Handbook: A Short Introduction to the Lenje Dialect Spoken in North-West Rhodesia (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

A. C. Madan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0265759196 ISBN 13: 9780265759196

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

A compact, practical guide to the Lenje dialect, with clear explanations and handy word lists.

This concise introduction presents Lenje as a living Bantu dialect, outlining its grammar through nouns, adjectives, pronouns, verbs, and more. Written to help beginners speak, read, and understand the language, it emphasizes how noun classes and concord work across the language. The book also demonstrates Lenje writing, phonetics, and pronunciation using straightforward English orthography.

Inside you’ll find stepwise grammar, a practical vocabulary, and appendices that show short native sentences and useful phrases. The content is designed to give readers a solid foundation for real-world use, with cross-references to related language studies and comparisons to nearby dialects. This edition serves as an accessible entry point for learners, missionaries, officials, and anyone curious about Lenje speech.

• An introduction to Lenje grammar, including noun classes and concord
• Phonetic spelling guidance and a practical writing system
• Lenje–English and English–Lenje vocabularies for quick reference
• Excerpts from native speech and short training sentences to practice

Ideal for readers beginning their study of Lenje, or anyone seeking a clear primer on this dialect.

Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0265759196
• ISBN 13: 9780265759196
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 161