circumcision african languages 13 june 1997 linguist l arcling subscribers towards end last year requested assistance finding terms circumcision african languages paper resulted query related work press aspects male circumcision subequatorial african culture history _ health transition review _ paper available health transition centre web site http wwwnceph anu edu au htc htr htm find marck main text rft format seems readable word processing softwares five maps pdf format read freeware acrobat reader link provided title paper main conclusions suggestive rather diagnostic able make higher level reconstructions vansina western bantu reconstructions strong typological argument emerged suggesting bantu speaking peoples practice male circumcision abandoned former practice noted bantu speaking peoples done contiguous guthrie groups along abandonment male circumcision groups also abandoned male adolescent rites initiation age grades except margins noncircumcising area purpose project ask male circumcision means africans distribution circumcising groups africa consistently lower hiv rates work third world unit epidemiology centre thanks people offered information encouragement jeff marck linguistics rspas _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ jeff marck health transition review htr publications officer health transition centre htc jeff marck anu edu au national centre epidemiology 61 6249 5626 population health nceph 61 6249 5614 fax australian national university anu canberra act 0200 australia nceph http wwwnceph anu edu au htc http wwwnceph anu edu au htc htm htc publications http wwwnceph anu edu au htc htcpub htm health transition review journal health transition series books bibliographies links personal homepage http coombs anu edu au marck marck htm austronesian line http coombs anu edu au marck anhmpg htm european society oceanists australian mirror site http coombs anu edu au marck esfo esfo htm _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _