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Thomas, Earl W. – 1974
This is a first-year text of Portuguese grammar based on the Portuguese of moderately educated Brazilians from the area around Rio de Janeiro. Spoken idiomatic usage is emphasized. An important innovation is found in the presentation of verb tenses; they are presented in the order in which the native speaker learns them. The text is intended to…
Descriptors: Adjectives, Determiners (Languages), Dialects, Grammar
Bardakjian, Kevork B.; Thomson, Robert W. – 1977
This textbook is designed as a first-year course at the undergraduate level. It is specifically aimed at students with no prior knowledge of Armenian, and emphasis has been placed on the numerous subtleties and nuances of Armenian which might seem strange or difficult to English speakers. In the text, stress has been put on explaining the grammar…
Descriptors: Armenian, Form Classes (Languages), Glossaries, Grammar
Hoch, Ernst – 1964
This Bemba grammar begins with an introduction which traces the history of the language, stresses the importance of learning it well and offers hints towards achieving this goal. The grammar itself is divided into three major sections: Part 1, "Phonetics," deals with the Bemba alphabet, tonality, and orthography; Part 2, "Parts of Speech,"…
Descriptors: Adjectives, African Languages, Bantu Languages, Bemba
Kamoga, Frederick K. – 1969
This Luganda textbook for Peace Corps Luganda students follows the first book (1968). The fifteen lessons alternate between conversations on various subjects, to enable students to improve their speaking ability, and notes on grammar, to enable students to gain more confidence in their use of the language. A few lines extracted from the local…
Descriptors: Adjectives, African Languages, Bantu Languages, Ganda

Reed, Irene; And Others – 1977
A grammar of the Central Yupik Eskimo language, spoken in western Alaska, is presented. Although there are several dialects within this area, Yupik is a single language. The first half of this book leans toward the Yukon dialect in the vocabulary sections, while the second half leans toward the Kuskokwim dialect. However, alternate vocabulary…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, Dialects, Eskimo Aleut Languages, Eskimos
Corum, Claudia W. – 1978
This is an introductory text for the Swazi language, siSwati. Spoken by nearly a half million people in Swaziland, siSwati is one of the Nguni languages of the southeastern branch of the Bantu languages. Each of the 25 lessons in this text covers one or more basic grammatical structures. The first five lessons present the sound system in detail,…
Descriptors: African Languages, Bantu Languages, Dialogs (Language), Form Classes (Languages)