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The Language-Families of Africa

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"To suck the mother’s breast" is the most emphatic and sacred form of asseveration, with symbolic applications in different directions. The adoption of a child into a household is completed by giving the mother’s breast. Blood brotherhood is sealed by adding some drops of mother’s milk. . . . "I suck your breast" is a form of apology and supplication between men (10).

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Chicago: "The Language-Families of Africa," The Language-Families of Africa in Primitive Behavior: An Introduction to the Social Sciences, ed. Thomas, William I. (New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1937), Original Sources, accessed May 11, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=8ZH36RSAETZK7ZI.

MLA: . "The Language-Families of Africa." The Language-Families of Africa, in Primitive Behavior: An Introduction to the Social Sciences, edited by Thomas, William I., New York, McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1937, Original Sources. 11 May. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=8ZH36RSAETZK7ZI.

Harvard: , 'The Language-Families of Africa' in The Language-Families of Africa. cited in 1937, Primitive Behavior: An Introduction to the Social Sciences, ed. , McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., New York. Original Sources, retrieved 11 May 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=8ZH36RSAETZK7ZI.

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