Dictionary of Portuguese Loanwords in the Languages of Sub-Saharan Africa

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Dictionary of Portuguese Loanwords in the Languages of Sub-Saharan Africa is written by Sergio Baldi and published by BRILL. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 9004680780 (ISBN 10) and 9789004680784 (ISBN 13).

The main purpose of this dictionary is twofold. On the one hand, it provides the scholar of African studies with a tool to identify the possible Portuguese origin of terms present in African languages and, on the other, it offers those who are interested in Portuguese culture an overview of the presence of its lexicon in African languages. No doubt the Portuguese were among the first Europeans to explore the world outside of Europe, and as such they were also the first to introduce that world to European concepts and words.This book is the result of a long and detailed work on texts in African languages, as also shown by the rich bibliography in the dictionary.