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Title:Postpositions and prepositions in the Mende language
Author:Sawyerr, H.A.E.
Year:1957
Periodical:Sierra Leone Studies
Issue:8
Pages:209-220
Language:English
Geographic term:Sierra Leone
Subject:Mende language
Abstract:Summary of literature on the Mende language The postpositions are really 'place nouns' according to the author. Does Mende has a passive voice? Discussion of the endings -ma, -va, -la, -ngo; Comparison with Semitic languages: the purpose of this article is to call attention to the fact that there seems to be closeness between Mende and the Semitic languages, Hebrew and Arabic.