. 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. 4(5 rwailES AND EOllEST NEGROES tlie Jiaiitu slock ;'\vhicli is an ancient lilcnd of West African Negro and Ilaniite,); olliers connected \\\i\i the ."Mafdiettu (Momlinttn), Nyam-Nyain, and Madi â all
. 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. 4(5 rwailES AND EOllEST NEGROES tlie Jiaiitu slock ;'\vhicli is an ancient lilcnd of West African Negro and Ilaniite,); olliers connected \\\i\i the ."Mafdiettu (Momlinttn), Nyam-Nyain, and Madi â all tlie^e, again, being races \'ariouslv cciin[i(jsed of crosses fiet\veen tlie .\ilotic and ^\'e^t African Negroes, daslied witli Hannte and Nnliian. In langnage the iorest Negroes of the Uganda liorderhind and the adjc>ining 1 erritorv of tlie Congo Free !>tate belong to two nnclassihed groups (Ivenihi and ^lonifn)âtongues veiy distantly allied to ^Nfafibettii and ^ladiâand to two distinct divisions oi' tlie Bantn language faniih', the i\iliira sectiim and the Lihuku (di\ide(I into two \er\- distinct dialects,. 3or. I'YujiY WEAroxs, ANn two tkcju'kts jiaoe fkom elephant's tusks Kuanifia and Lill^â anuma, or fjihuku). U'he names of the tribes of forest Negroes coming under this purview are the IjEXDH and Bambuba (or Mbuba) ; the Babira (Jjagbira, ]3avira), with their different cognomens of Ba-ongora, Jiadundjo, Baudesama, Bandusnnia, Babusese, l^asinda, etc. ⢠and the J-JAAMJiA, with the allied Bahnku (TSabvanumaj. The Lendu form a distinct group somewhat by themselves, and so do the Bambuba.* The last-named are clos(dy connected in origin with the ?iIomfu trifle which dwell aViout the northern sources of the \\'elle. Linguistically speaking, 1 lia\e not as yet been afile to trace marked * t)r jicrhnps more properly the "^Mbuba.' iiciL^liliours. â Ba- " is the jilural of their i^laiitu. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page
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