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Wilhelm Bleek


 

Wilhelm Heinrich Immanuel Bleek (March 8, 1827 - August 17, 1875) was a German linguist. His great work was A Comparative Grammar of South African Languages.

Bibliography

  • Handbook of African, Australian and Polynesian Philology. (3vols.) Cape Town - London, (1858-63)
  • A Comparative Grammar of South African Languages. London, Trübner & Co. (1862: Part I; 1869: Part II)
  • Reynard the Fox in South Africa; or Hottentot Fables and Tales. (Chiefly translated from original manuscripts in the library of His Excellency Sir George Grey) London, Trübner & Co. (1864)
  • Über den Ursprung der Sprache. (Herausgegeben mit einem Vorwort von Dr. Ernst Haeckel.) Weimar, H. Böhlau (1868)
  • Specimens of Bushman Folklore. (by Wilhelm Bleek and Lucy Lloyd) London, G. Allen (1911)