. The Uganda protectorate; an attempt to give some description of the physical geography, botany, zoology, anthropology, languages and history of the territories under British protection in East Central Africa, between the Congo Free State and the Rift Valley and between the first degree of south latitude and the fifth degree of north latitude. African languages; Natural history; Ethnology. IG'2 NILOTIC NEGEOES From a linguistic point of \iew these people fall into at least four divisions (not to mention other forms of speech used by Nilotic Negroes to the westward of the region under consider
. The Uganda protectorate; an attempt to give some description of the physical geography, botany, zoology, anthropology, languages and history of the territories under British protection in East Central Africa, between the Congo Free State and the Rift Valley and between the first degree of south latitude and the fifth degree of north latitude. African languages; Natural history; Ethnology. IG'2 NILOTIC NEGEOES From a linguistic point of \iew these people fall into at least four divisions (not to mention other forms of speech used by Nilotic Negroes to the westward of the region under consideration), three of which—the Xilotic (Dinka-Acholi), the Nandi, and the Masai—are distantly related, while the fourth—J/acZi—has little in common with the Nilotic languages, but betrays some- what West African affinities in its phonetics, vocabulary, and grammar, and even offers a very faint, perhaps disputable, resemblance to the Bantu family. The languages spoken by the Dinka, Shiluk, Acholi, Aluru, Lango, and Ja-luo are all closely allied. The sub-group, indeed, of the Acholi (with its dialects of Aluru, Lango, and Ja-luo) is practically one language. According to native tradition, the Acholi section of the Nile peoples swept down on the equatorial sections about the great lakes at no very remote period. It is, per- haps, an open question which came first, the Bantu Negroes from the north-west or the Acholi Nile people from the north. I think, on the whole, that the Bantu preceded the Nile Negroes in these regions. Another problem is the relationship between the Nile Negroes and the Nandi and ]Masai tribes. The Masai group of languages—which comprises the very distinct tongues of Bari, Latuka, Karamojo, Turkana, Sfik, Elgumi (Wamia), and Masai— and the Xandi and a few broken dialects in the north of Ugogo, have an indisputable relationship in vocabulary and numerals with the Nilotic tongues. Yet the differences be- tween the two stocks are considerable, and the dif
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