A Handbook of the Ila Language (Commonly Called the Seshu...
Smith, Edwin William Excerpt from A Handbook of the Ila Language (Commonly Called the Seshukulumbwe): Spoken in North-Western Rhodesia, South-Central Africa, Comprising Grammar, Exercises, Specimens of Ila Tales, and VocabulariesON my arrival at N anzela in july, 1902, I found it necessary to commence at the very beginning in learning the language, for nothing had as yet been done to reduce it to a written form. I was fortunate in having some knowledge of the Suto...