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    A comparative analysis of phonological and morpho-syntactic variations in Lungu, Mambwe and Namwanga languages in Zambia
    (University of the Western Cape, 2022) Siame, Pethias; Banda, Felix
    The study compares the phonology, morphology, and syntax of Lungu, Mambwe, and Namwanga (LuMaNa) languages which are less documented, and very little is known about their grammar. The purpose is to account for their linguistic structure to outline their grammar and design their orthographies. The study is informed by descriptive and comparative Bantu phonological and morpho-syntactic theories. Data were collected using comparative, elicitation, and document analysis methods to account for grammatical variations in the three languages. The study shows that LuMaNa languages have more phonological similarities than variations in terms of vowel quality. Regarding consonants, LuMaNa languages have twenty (20) consonantal segments which display minimal variations in terms of form. The nominal structure of the three languages also shows more similarities than differences.