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Comprehensive Review on Bulla: Uses and Nutritional, Cultural, and Processing Perspectives of an Enset-Derived Food in Ethiopia. [PDF]
Int J Food SciEnset (Ensete ventricosum) is a perennial herbaceous monocot belonging to the Musaceae family. It is a crucial crop in Southern and Southwestern Ethiopia, providing food security for over 20 million people. The three main enset‐derived food products are kocho, amicho, and bulla.
Weyya G +4 more
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The Uses, Nutritional Advantages, and Challenges of Traditional Fermented Alcoholic Beverages for Indigenous Communities in Ethiopia. [PDF]
Int J MicrobiolTraditional fermented alcoholic beverages (TFABs) are an integral part of Ethiopian culture, serving as food and recreational sources and vital elements of social, religious, and ceremonial events. Ethiopia is known for its wide variety of TFABs, which are made using indigenous knowledge handed down through generations.
Fentahun M.
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Cushitic–Nilotic Contacts: Tanzanian Cushitic and Kalenjin
, 2023 Heine, Rottland and Vossen (1979) proposed a Cushitic language termed proto-Baz on the basis of Cushitic loans in South Nilotic. Similar and additional proposals are in Christopher Ehret’s PhD thesis (1971).
Mous, Maarten, Rapold, Christian
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Gender variation across the Oromo dialects: A corpus‐based study*
Studia Linguistica, Volume 77, Issue 3, Page 453-495, December 2023., 2023 Abstract This study aims to (1) demonstrate the position of the Oromo gender system in Corbett's (1991) typology of gender; (2) illustrate major syntactic gender variation across the Oromo dialects; (3) identify factors that contributed to the gender variation, and (4) illustrate the morphosyntax of the Oromo gender system.
Tekabe Legesse Feleke, Terje Lohndal
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Persistence of Ancestral KhoeSan Mitochondrial Patterns in Contemporary South African Populations. [PDF]
Ann Hum GenetAbstract Introduction Southern Africa has been inhabited by hunter‐gatherers for at least 20,000 years and has received diverse immigration flows in the last 2000 years. The original inhabitants have interacted with the pastoralist migrants from Eastern Africa (∼2000 ybp), followed by the southern Bantu migration arriving some 1000 ybp, and more ...
D'Amato ME +7 more
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Assertion, denial, and the evolution of Boolean operators
Mind &Language, Volume 38, Issue 5, Page 1187-1207, November 2023., 2023 Given current data, only a few binary Boolean operators are expressed in lexically simple fashion in the world's languages: and, or, nor. These do not occur in every combination, for example, nor is not observed by itself. To explain these cross‐linguistic patterns, we propose an encoding of Boolean operators as update procedures to accept or reject ...
Fausto Carcassi, Giorgio Sbardolini
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The Whale and the Microorganism: A Tale of a Classic Example and Linguistic Intuitions
Cognitive Science, Volume 47, Issue 4, April 2023., 2023 Abstract A classic example of the arbitrary relation between the way a word sounds and its meaning is that microorganism is a very long word that refers to a very small entity, whereas whale is a very short word that refers to something very big. This example, originally presented in Hockett's list of language's design features, has been often cited ...
Shiri Lev‐Ari
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American Journal of Biological Anthropology, Volume 179, Issue 1, Page 104-117, September 2022., 2022 Abstract Objectives The predominance of Bantu languages in sub‐Saharan Africa has sparked a large debate over the processes through which they came to disperse over time and space—the “Bantu expansion.” The overall genetic similarity shown by Bantu‐speaking populations indicates that movement of people occurred too, but the extent of the correlation ...
Miguel González‐Santos +10 more
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, 2021 Cushitic languages have a number of interesting properties in the category of number. None of these are valid for all Cushitic languages. Number is not obligatorily expressed in various Cushitic languages which have a general number form that is unspeci ...
Doetjes, J. +2 more
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Veterinary Medicine and Science, Volume 8, Issue 5, Page 2194-2205, September 2022., 2022 A cross‐sectional study was conducted from December 2020 to July 2021 on Ixodid tick infestation and tick borne haemopathogens in North West Ethiopia. The overall prevalence of Ixodid tick infestation and tick borne haemopathogens were 45% and 3%, respectively. Babesia bigemina was the only haemoparasite detected in the present survey.
Hailemariam Adugna, Habtamu Tamrat
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