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Evolutionary Applications, Volume 15, Issue 4, Page 663-678, April 2022., 2022 Abstract The contribution of domestic cattle in human societies is enormous, making cattle, along with other essential benefits, the economically most important domestic animal in the world today. To expand existing knowledge on cattle domestication and mitogenome diversity, we performed a comprehensive complete mitogenome analysis of the species (802 ...
Vlatka Cubric‐Curik +31 more
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History and genetic diversity of African sheep: Contrasting phenotypic and genomic diversity. [PDF]
Anim GenetAbstract Domesticated sheep have adapted to contrasting and extreme environments and continue to play important roles in local community‐based economies throughout Africa. Here we review the Neolithic migrations of thin‐tailed sheep and the later introductions of fat‐tailed sheep into eastern Africa.
Da Silva A +20 more
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, 2020 International audienceThe North Cushitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic phylum consists of only one language, Beja. Lexicostatistic studies show that only 20% of the basic vocabulary is shared with the two closest East Cushitic languages, Afar and Saho, and ...
Vanhove, Martine
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Grammaticalisation in Cushitic languages
, 2019 International audienceReconstructible grammaticalisation processes in Cushitic (Afroasiatic) concern mainly the pronominal and verbal domains, markers of subordination, adpositions, questions words and discourse particles. This presentation, based on the
Vanhove, Martine
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Comparison in Kambaata: Superiority, Equality and Similarity
Linguistic Discovery, 2018 This paper is an in-depth study of the expression of comparison in Kambaata, a Highland East Cushitic language of Ethiopia. It discusses not only quantitative comparison, i.e. comparison of relative and absolute inequality and comparison of equality, but
Yvonne Treis
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Mauro Tosco, A grammar of Gawwada, a Cushitic language of south-west Ethiopia [PDF]
, 2023 Mauro Tosco, one of the most prolific authors in the field of Cushitic linguistics, has recently published a grammar of a little-known variety of the Dullay-cluster (East Cushitic) in southwestern Ethiopia.
Treis, Yvonne, Yvonne Treis
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Bibliography of Ethiopian Semitic, Cushitic and Omotic Linguistics XIX: 2014/2015
Aethiopica, 2017 Bibliography of Ethiopian Semitic, Cushitic and Omotic Linguistics XIX: 2014 ...
Maria Bulakh +2 more
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Kervan. International Journal of Afro-Asiatic Studies, 2021 This article describes the phonology of T’ambaaro, a Highland East Cushitic language of the Afro-asiatic phylum spoken in southwest Ethiopia. The language has twenty-four consonant phonemes, and five oral vowels and one nasal vowel whose phonemic status ...
Ongaye Oda Orkaydo
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Ordinal Numerals as a Criterion for Subclassification: The Case of Semitic
Transactions of the Philological Society, Volume 124, Issue 1, Page 240-256, March 2026.Abstract This article explores how ordinal numerals (like first, second and third) can help classify languages, focusing on the Semitic language family. Ordinals are often formed according to productive derivational processes, but as a separate word class, they may retain archaic morphology that is otherwise lost from the language.
Benjamin D. Suchard
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Advances in Agriculture, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.Understanding farmers’ risk attitudes is essential for improving agricultural productivity and resilience, particularly in developing countries like Ethiopia. Despite its importance, the role of behavioral factors in shaping farm production decisions remains insufficiently explored in smallholder maize systems.
Yohannes Girma +4 more
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