Anthropological Report on the Ibo-Speaking Peoples of Nigeria, Vol. 5

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Excerpt from Anthropological Report on the Ibo-Speaking Peoples of Nigeria, Vol. 5: Addenda to Ibo-English DictionaryThe present volume contains firstly the Addenda and Corrigenda of the Ibo Dictionary previously published, the proofs of which were read mainly in the colony, so that comparison with the original ms. Was impossible.In the second place it contains re-determinations of tones of certain words in the previous Dictionary, and in the third place a number of words used in the Asaba dialect. It must be understood that these latter by no means comprise the whole of the Asaba vocabulary, words included in the previous Dictionary are not reprinted here.The tones were noted on the assumption, which has since turned out to be incorrect, that they are four in number, high, low, and upper and lower middle. Reference to Part VI will show that by the study of phonograph records many more tones have been discovered. As, however, words pronounced according to the number notation adopted in this Dictionary appear to be recognisable, even if they are not absolutely accurate, I have not hesitated to print my data here. In a certain number of cases, material collected at an early stage of my tour was left unrevised, and in such, words are, as a rule, marked with accents only.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.