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Excerpt from A Comparative Study of the Bantu and Semi-Bantu Languages, Vol. 2 Between the north-westernmost extension of the Northern division (languages I 51 a and 151 b) and the resumption on the west of obvious semi-bantu languages, such as the Jara (no. 253) of Bauci (eastern Nigeria), there is a gap of approximately 950 miles; and something like miles between the Ababua Group and the semi-bantu or real Bantu of the Cross river-cameroons. Was there once continuity of range for the Bantu and the semi-bantu, between the Victoria Nyanza on the east and the mouth of the Gambia on the west? I am inclined to think it possible; at any rate right across Central Africa from the Swahili Coast to Southern Nigeria. And in that case several thousand years ago, owing perchance to climatic changes and the spread of aridity, there was a great break-through Of non-bantu Negroes between the Upper Benue and the Bahr-al-ghazal. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.