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Impersonal in South Cushitic

open access: yes, 2019
This talk examines the various functions of the morphemes called 'impersonal' in the South Cushitic languages of Tanzania. Drawing on a rich body of natural language data, first for Iraqw, and then for Burunge, it is shown that impersonal morphemes are involved in a range of grammatical constructions, some of which (but not all) approximate what has ...
openaire   +1 more source

The Benue-Gongola-Chad Basin : zone of ethnic and linguistic compression [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
We wish to emphasize the fact that so far our investigations have concentrated on documenting large bodies of data covering a number of linguistic units in an area which - as we hope to have demonstrated - displays a highly complex linguistic and ethnic ...
Jungraithmayr, H., Leger, R.
core  

Evidence of the interplay of genetics and culture in Ethiopia. [PDF]

open access: yesNat Commun, 2021
López S   +12 more
europepmc   +1 more source

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

open access: yesFolia 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
doaj   +1 more source

History of Events and Internal Developement [PDF]

open access: yes, 1988
Amborn, Hermann, Beyene, Taddese
core   +1 more source

Language policy in Ethiopia in the 20th century

open access: yesStudies 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
doaj  

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