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Author
Batoma, A
Blench, R
Burton, RF & Cameron, VL
Burton, RF
Cardinall, AW
Christaller, JG
Christaller, JG
Dupuis, J
Ellis, AB
Ellis, AB
JSTOR
Knox, A
Rattray, RS
Rattray, RS
Reindorf, CC
Westermann, D
Zimmermann, J
Title, Date, Format & Link
African Ethnonyms and Toponyms , Vol.10, 2006 , pdf
Dagomba Plant Names , 2006, pdf
To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol.II , 1883, html, pdf
Wit and Wisdom from West Africa , 1865, pdf
The natives of the northern territories of the Gold Coast , 1920, pdf&
English-Twi Dictionary , 1909, pdf&
A dictionary of the Asante and Fante language called Tshi , 1881, pdf&
Journal of a residence in Ashantee , 1824, pdf&
A history of the Gold Coast of West Africa , 1893, pdf&
The Tshi-speaking peoples of the Gold Coast of West Africa , 1887, pdf&
Glossary of geographical and topographical terms , 1904, pdf&
An Elementary Mole Grammar , 1918, pdf&
History of the Gold Coast and Asante , 1895, pdf&
Wörterbuch der Ewe-Sprache , pdf&
A Grammatical Sketch of the Akra- or Gã-Language , pdf&
Subtitle / Description / Comment
"... An Annotated Bibliography” - with a useful introduction on the purpose and value of toponymy.
An index of wild plant names in Dagbani & Latin with notes on usage.
"... A Personal Narrative"/ Vol.I concerns the voyage and is not relevant.
"... a book of proverbial philosophy, idioms, enigmas, and laconisms"
"... their customs, religion and folklore"
Originally part of "An English-Tshi-Ga-Dictionary" edited by Rev.J.G.Christaller in 1872.
"... with a grammatical introduction and appendices on the geography of the Gold Coast and other subjects"
"... comprising notes ... chiefly collected from Arabic mss. and information communicated by the Moslems of Guinea"
A number of place names have meanings footnoted, though some may be inaccurate or speculative.
"... Their religion, manners, customs, laws, language, etc."
"Global Plants is the world’s largest database of digitized plant specimens and a locus for international scientific research and collaboration."
" ... and of words of frequent occurrences in the composition of such terms and of place-names" - a handbook for the world toponymist.
Despite the now-unfortunate subtitle this is a mine of traditional wisdom, translating and commenting on 830 of Christaller's original collection of 3600 proverbs.
"... with a vocabulary of over 1000 words"
"... based on traditions and historical facts : comprising a period of more than three centuries from about 1500 to 1860"
Ewe-German Dictionary
"and a Vocabulary of the same, with an appendix on the Adaŋme-Dialect"
Notes:
1. The listing of a text does not necessarily indicate approval of the opinions expressed therein, but only of the relevance of at least some of its contents to the subject of toponymy in Ghana.
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