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HUMAN BIOLOGY
卷 84, 期 1, 页码 11-43出版社
WAYNE STATE UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.3378/027.084.0101
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PYGMIES; HUNTER-GATHERERS; FARMERS; RAINFOREST; CENTRAL AFRICA; LINGUISTIC DIVERSITY; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; ETHNOLOGY; ARCHEOLOGY; GENETICS; BANTU; UBANGIAN; MIGRATIONS
In this article I am illustrating the linguistic diversity of African Pygmy populations in order to better address their anthropological diversity and history. I am also introducing a new method, based on the analysis of specialized vocabulary, to reconstruct the substratum of some languages they speak. I show that Pygmy identity is not based on their languages, which have often been borrowed from neighboring non-Pygmy farmer communities with whom each Pygmy group is linked. Understanding the nature of this partnership, quite variable in history, is essential to addressing Pygmy languages, identity, and history. Finally, I show that only a multidisciplinary approach is likely to push forward the understanding of African Pygmy societies as genetic, archeological, anthropological, and ethnological evidence suggest.
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