Wilhelm J.G. Möhlig, Frank Seidel, Marc Seifert (eds.), Language Contact, Language Change and History Based on Language Sources in Africa, “Sprache und Geschichte in Afrika/SUGIA” 20 (Special Volume), Köln: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, 2009, 385 pp.
Journal Title: Studies in African Languages and Cultures - Year 2010, Vol 1, Issue 44
Abstract
A review of a book "Language Contact, Language Change and History Based on Language Sources in Africa" by Wilhelm J.G. Möhlig, Frank Seidel, Marc Seifert (eds.)
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