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An Excerpt from the ‘Comparative and Etymological Dictionary of Beja: Natural Phenomena, Time and Geographical Terminology’

Folia Orientalia
The contribution summarises the Beja lexicon connected with natural phenomena, including astronomical, temporal, and geographical terminology. Every lexeme is documented in available sources and etymologized in areal or genealogical perspectives.
Václav Blažek
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Evidence of the interplay of genetics and culture in Ethiopia. [PDF]

Nat Commun, 2021
López S, Tarekegn A, Band G, van Dorp L, Bird N, Morris S, Oljira T, Mekonnen E, Bekele E, Blench R, Thomas MG, Bradman N, Hellenthal G.   +12 more
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The limits of Cushitic

, 1980
Case study about Cushitic languages and their genetic classification. The arguments are based on the reconstruction of the verbal system and the case one, on the comparison between the systems of determiners and genitive marks, and on other syntactic and
Hetzron, Robert
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The consonant phonemes of Proto-East-Cushitic (PEC) : a first approximation

, 2009
This paper is a preliminary attempt to reconstruct the consonant system of Proto-East-Cushitic (PEC) , one of the four branches of the Cushitic family. Data are taken from some twenty-odd languages including unpublished material on a variety of hitherto ...
Sasse, Hans-Jürgen
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Genomic analysis reveals geography rather than culture as the predominant factor shaping genetic variation in northern Kenyan human populations. [PDF]

Am J Biol Anthropol, 2022
Taravella Oill AM, Handley C, Howell EK, Stone AC, Mathew S, Wilson MA.   +5 more
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Language policy in Ethiopia in the 20th century

Studies in African Languages and Cultures, 2001
The languages spoken in Ethiopia belong to four linguistic families: Semitic, Cushitic, Omotic and Nilo-Saharan, and the speakers of each of these families found themselves within the borders of this state at various times in history and for various ...
Ewa Wołk
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Comparative notes on the Cushitic imperative

, 2004
In the article, the author presents a comparative study between different Cushitic languages on affirmative imperative verbal forms.Qoraagu wuxuu maqaalkan ku soo bandhigayaa daraasaad isbarbardhig afeed oo ku saabsan qaababka fal amar ee afaf kala duwan
Banti, Giorgio
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Ethnobotanical study on medicinal plant knowledge among three ethnic groups in peri-urban areas of south-central Ethiopia. [PDF]

J Ethnobiol Ethnomed, 2023
Tamene S, Negash M, Makonda FB, Chiwona-Karltun L, Kibret KS.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

A Grammar of Sidaama (Sidamo), a cushitic language of Ethopia

, 2007
The present study describes the grammatical structure of Sidaama, a Highland East Cushitic language spoken in the south-central part of Ethiopia. Sidaama is spoken by over 1,800,000 people, but there has been relatively little research on the language.
Kawachi, Kazuhiro,, Kawachi, K.
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Operationalizing language-based population stratification for widening access to precision genomics in Africa. [PDF]

Front Public Health
Kulohoma BW, Wesonga CSA.
europepmc   +1 more source