ABSTRACT
Chapter 10 is about how to reconstuct Proto-Bantu, the putative most recent common ancestor of all Bantu languages, by using the Comparative Method. The chapter includes a short historical overview of previous attempts to reconstruct Proto-Bantu phonology, vocabulary and grammar. It further discusses how to proceed from phonological to lexical reconstruction, which issues are to be dealt with when doing grammatical reconstruction and what is the relationship between Bantu reconstruction and classification.
