The Ethio-semitic languages (re-examining the classification)
Year: 2001
Type: article
Abstract: Many scholars such as Hudson (2000b, 2000c) have addressed the issues, but to the best of my knowledge, there has been no complete work of classification that has integrated recent findings to-date. In this paper, attempt will be made to consider such findings, assumptions about the origin of Proto-Semitic and Proto-Afroasiatic, discussions on the internal relationship of some of the Gurage languages in particular and South Ethio-Semitic in general such as that of Leslau (1996), and my own primary data from native speakers of various Gurage languages. On the bases of these considerations, I will propose a classification for Ethio-Semitic and also show the general position of this language group with respect to other language groups of Semitic
Source: Journal of Ethiopian studies
Author: Girma A. Demeke
Language: English
Subfield: Language and Linguistics
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2265249487