LEXICAL-SEMANTIC TAGGING OF THE NOMINAL CLASSES IN THE MINORITY AFRICAN LANGUAGE: THE NDONDE LANGUAGE DATA

The article deals with the lexical-semantic tagging of the nominal classes in Ndonde, one of the Bantu minority languages, which has not yet been included in the world scientific revolution. At the same time the complexity of linguistic classification of the Ndonde language and the socio-history of the Ndonde speaking community are considered. Basing on personal field research data Ndonde nouns are classified into 18 nominal classes. The article is devoted to the analysis of grammar features and lexical-semantic characteristics of each of these nominal classes. Even these preliminary data on Ndonde language are important not only scientific but also practical importance to refine the classification of the Bantu languages and writing comparative grammar