ISAIAH BUD-M'BELLE

The Kafir Language is a member of a most important family of languages, generally known as the Bantu languages, which are spoken over nearly the whole of Africa south of the equator. They present strongly-marked and numerous affinities of grammar and vocabulary; they are very closely allied to each other, and form a rich and compact family. Their most peculiar feature is the euphonic or alliteral concord (prefix). They are therefore to be classed among the prefix-pronominal group of languages. Most European languages belong to the suffix-pronominal group.

-H. Isaiah Bud-Mbelle, "Introduction", Kafir Scholar's Companion (1903).