Ucwaningo olunzulu ngamagama okuqanjwe ngawo izindawo. TJ Mbuli

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ayizihlanganiso namagama ayizibabazo, Kungakho uDoke waqhamuka nezibaya zamagama
eziyisithupha; USobizo , isichasiso , isilandiso , isikhanyiso , isihlanganiso nesibabazo.
Kungekhona ukuthi kwaba uDoke-1..uphela owaba negalelo ekugcineni umIando wegama
kodwa baningi ababanegalelo olimi . Abanye oSoZilimi abangabalwa yiIaba ngaphandle
kukaDoke:
Ueope , van Wyk , van Eerden , uNkabinde
Labo Sozilimi bayavumelana ukuthi ibizo noma igama Iingelinye lemikhando yobungcweti
futhi Iihlanganiswe ngesinwe esikhulu nangobuchule. Indlela oNgoti abalibuka ngalo ibizo
okukanye igama esiZruwini yehlukene.
19ama okukanye ibizo uDoke (1927:20) ulichaza athi :
That sound or group ofsounds which is subject to one main stress and only
one.
Umlando mayelana nokucutshungulwa kwamagama uNgcongwane, (1987:15) urhi :
Since 1834 when the first grammatical study ofan African language in this
country was published and continued for nearly a century up to 1927 when
for the first time after so many years , a new approach to the study of
African was introduced. During the classical period African language studies
remained more or less exclusively in the hands of missionaries for whom
the recording and study of these languages were obviously of paramount
importance.
Eminye imisebenzi enqaIa eyenziwa kwaba yikho ukuhIungwa kwamagama :
An outstanding feature ofAfrican language studies during this period is the
fact that the grammar of these languages was described in terms of
grnmroatical concepts which in most cased were typical ofclassical language
such as Latin and Greek but which were foreign to the African language
whose grammatical structure differ extensively from those of the classical
languages . So for instance were the nouns in these languages described in
terms ofgender despite the fact that gender is not a grammatical feature of
the African languages which have a noun class system instead .Nouns and