The Influence of Sidamo on the Ethiopic Languages of Gurage

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2857553
AutoresWolf Leslau (autor de correspondencia)
Año1952
Volumen28
Número1
Páginas63
Fecha de publicación1952-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaLanguage (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0097-8507 • E-ISSN: 1535-0665
EditorialJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/409990
OpenAlexW2318823655
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas15

The Semitic languages of Ethiopia occupy a geographical domain in which Cushitic was and still is employed. When the Semites of South Arabia conquered Ethiopia, they imposed their Semitic language on this Cushitic domain. A stage of bilingualism followed, which still endures. The Cushitic group lost ground, most probably because of the political prestige of the conquering Semites, but not without exerting a great influence on the structure of the Semitic languages. In fact, the Semitic languages of Ethiopia are in some respects quite far removed from the typical Semitic pattern. Some of these differences are no doubt due to the internal development of Semitic in Ethiopia; others may be inherited from the Semitic group that came from South Arabia, concerning which we are not sufficiently informed; but many of them are certainly a result of Cushitic influence

Linguistics · African history and culture analysis · African Studies and Geopolitics · History · Language, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis · Philosophy