. British Central Africa; an attempt to give some account of a portion of the territories under British influence north of the Zambezi. Natural history. 39° BRITISH CENTRAL AFRICA 4. The Awa-nkonde1 stock. This includes amongst other tribes the Awa- wandia, the Awa-nyakiusa, the Awa-ndali, the Awa-kukwe, the Avva-rambia, the Awa-wiwa, the Awa-nyamwanga, and the Awa-wanda and the Awungu2 (the two last on German territory). The languages of the Awa-nkonde stock are gene- rally remarkable for their archaic character in preserving many old Bantu roots and gram- matical forms. Their full form of th
. British Central Africa; an attempt to give some account of a portion of the territories under British influence north of the Zambezi. Natural history. 39° BRITISH CENTRAL AFRICA 4. The Awa-nkonde1 stock. This includes amongst other tribes the Awa- wandia, the Awa-nyakiusa, the Awa-ndali, the Awa-kukwe, the Avva-rambia, the Awa-wiwa, the Awa-nyamwanga, and the Awa-wanda and the Awungu2 (the two last on German territory). The languages of the Awa-nkonde stock are gene- rally remarkable for their archaic character in preserving many old Bantu roots and gram- matical forms. Their full form of the plural prefix of the second class (referring to human beings) is almost always Awa-, the only races, with the exception of the Awemba, in which this form is met with. They inhabit the northern and north-west coasts of Lake Nyasa and much of the Nyasa-Tanganyika plateau, and extend north-westwards to the shores of Lake Rukwa. 5. The Ba-tumbuka stock. This includes the Wa-tonga, the A-timbuka or Ba-tumbuka, and to some extent the Wa-henga, A-nyika, and A-poka, though these two latter groups are of somewhat obscure affinities. The Wa- henga may possibly be a mongrel race, formed by the mingling of refugees from many tribes. It is possible that this linguistic group may extend to the Upper Luangwa River. 6. The Nyanja stock. This is the largest and most important of all and includes the following tribes :—The A-senga3 of the north bank of the Zambezi and the river Luangwa ; the A-maravi; the A-chipeta; the A-makanga; the Va-dema ; the Va-nyungwi of Tete; the A-mananja,4 of the Lower Zambezi, the Lower Shire, the Western Shire, the Shire Highlands, the Mlanje district and the Upper Shire ; the Ambo, south of the River Ruo; the Ma- chinjiri of the eastern bank of the Lower Shire ;5 the A-nyanja of Lake Chilwa, of the south coast of Lake Nyasa and of the eastern coast of that lake about as far north as the Portugo-German frontier; and finally the A-chewa of the west coast of Lake
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