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title: Isoama-Ibo primer
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identifier: P_300000491024
number: 300000491024
date: 1859
description: Summary: Prepared by Samuel Crowther, this is the second edition (first was 1857) of the first work in the Igbo language, a member of the Niger-Congo family. lt includes the basic orthography, phonemes, dipthongs, etc., of the language, reading passages, numerals (ordinal and cardinal), translations from the scriptures (Luke and Psalms), the Ten Commandments, and the Lord's Prayer. Crowther was the first African Anglican bishop in Nigeria. A Yoruba, he was born in Osogun and prior to conversion to Christianity was named Ajayi. Captured as a youth with his family by Muslim Fulani slavers, he and his family were freed before being transported out of Africa by English naval forces. Subsequently, he converted to Anglicanism and was educated by missionaries. A gifted linguist, he produced portions of the Bible and the Book of Common Prayer in Yoruba in addition to this lgbo religious primer, as well as a grammar and vocabulary in that language.
creator: Crowther, Samuel, 1806?-1891
publisher: Church Missionary Society
place of origin: London (England)
language: English
language: Igbo
subject: Igbo (African people)
subject: Igbo language
subject: Orthography and spelling
temporal: Nineteenth century
extent: 17 pages
extent: 17 cm
type: Text
medium: books
bibliographic citation: North & Nida, Book of a thousand tonges (1972), 529
identifier: 1859 CROW A
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