Diskussion:Bankon
"Our alaya, the true home is forever the Himalaya"
"It's all prarabda, it's written on our foreheads"
"For either you touch suffering, and so suffer, or reach to the other side, and be it. One is kashta and the other duka."
"A Brahmin should not touch jhoota, especially my jhoota"
"And so you and your beads, and the sorrow of sorrow. Duka me duka, mila ja".
- King Alaya (or Alara) was the father of King Kashta of Napata, King Kashta was Pharaoh's Sabakon father, Duka is the Bankon Chiefdom.
- Word as Mantra : the art of Raja Rao, by Robert L. Hardgrave, 1998. (nicht signierter Beitrag von Capetien (Diskussion | Beiträge) 04:46, 13. Dez. 2009 (CET))
According to the historian Drusilla Dunjee Houston, the Old language of Anu was brought to Egypt and Kerma (Nubia) by the Old Race of Hindu-Kush. The Hindu Puranas speak of the Kushites going to India before they went to Egypt and Nubia.
According to the languages expert Mrs Lilias Homburger, Bankon is a Kumaoni (KUM) language. The Kumaoni is a language spoken by the people from Kumaon region of Uttarakhand, India.
According to the British explorer, administrator and great Bantu linguistic expert, Sir Harry Hamilton Johnston (1858-1927), "Bankon has been strongly influenced by the languages of the North-East of Africa".
Its relationship to the more typical African Eastern Bantu languages may be deduced from the following table of noun-classes :
| Prefixes | English | Bankon | Ganda | Nyanja | Swahili |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mu | Man | Mut | Omu-ntu | Mu-ntu | M-tu |
| Va | Men | Bot | Aba-ntu | A-ntu | Wa-tu |
| Mu | Heart | Muem | Omu-tima | M-tima | M-tima |
| Mi | Hearts | Miom | Omi-tima | Mi-tima | Mi-tima |
| Ki | Thing | Ki-om | Oki-ntu | Chi-ntu | Ki-tu |
| Vi | Things | Bi-om | Obi-ntu | Zi-ntu | Vi-tu |
| Ni | House | Ndaw | Onju | Numba | Numba |
Mut is different from Omu-ntu, Mu-ntu or M-tu;
Bot is different from Aba-ntu, A-ntu or Wa-tu.