Andreas Wetter
Biographic Data
| ID | 4049639 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Andreas Wetter |
| GIVEN NAMES | Andreas |
| FAMILY NAME | Wetter |
| SIGNATURE | WETTER A |
| AFFILIATIONS | independent scholar |
| ORCID | 0009-0007-6428-0776 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Review of Rudolf SCHLAFFER and Ralf-Gunter LEONHARDT, Äthiopien ’84/85
review
Arabic in Ethiopia
This chapter provides an overview of the remarkably multifaceted role of the Arabic language in Ethiopia. Arabic was important in Christian as well as in Islamic Ethiopia. Thus, many works of Christian religious literature were translated from Arabic into Ge'ez. Among Ethiopian Muslims Arabic has always been the language of religion, and as such was used in inscriptions and manuscripts for centuries. The language was and still is taught in severa…
Argobba
This chapter provides an overview of the grammar of Argobba, an Ethiosemitic minority language closely related to Amharic. The grammatical sketch comprises the outline of the phoneme inventory and the explanation of morphophonological processes, a description of the verbal and the nominal systems, as well as an introduction in to the syntax of the language. Argobba is an understudied language with several regional varieties which seem not be mutu…
Rhetoric Means of a Didactic Amharic Poem from Wärrä Babbo
This article describes aspects of an Amharic manuscript from Wärrä Babbo written in aǧäm, i.e. in the Arabic script. Since this kind of literature is quite widespread in the eastern parts of Wällo and in Yifat, the article begins with an introductive overview of aǧäm literature in Ethiopia and the special position of eastern Wällo as centre of Islamic scholarship and its role for the development of religiously inspired literacy. The philological …
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Rhetoric Means of a Didactic Amharic Poem from Wärrä Babbo
This article describes aspects of an Amharic manuscript from Wärrä Babbo written in aǧäm, i.e. in the Arabic script. Since this kind of literature is quite widespread in the eastern parts of Wällo and in Yifat, the article begins with an introductive overview of aǧäm literature in Ethiopia and the special position of eastern Wällo as centre of Islamic scholarship and its role for the development of religiously inspired literacy. The philological …
Arabic in Ethiopia
This chapter provides an overview of the remarkably multifaceted role of the Arabic language in Ethiopia. Arabic was important in Christian as well as in Islamic Ethiopia. Thus, many works of Christian religious literature were translated from Arabic into Ge'ez. Among Ethiopian Muslims Arabic has always been the language of religion, and as such was used in inscriptions and manuscripts for centuries. The language was and still is taught in severa…
Argobba
This chapter provides an overview of the grammar of Argobba, an Ethiosemitic minority language closely related to Amharic. The grammatical sketch comprises the outline of the phoneme inventory and the explanation of morphophonological processes, a description of the verbal and the nominal systems, as well as an introduction in to the syntax of the language. Argobba is an understudied language with several regional varieties which seem not be mutu…
Review of Rudolf SCHLAFFER and Ralf-Gunter LEONHARDT, Äthiopien ’84/85
review
African history and culture analysis (3 works) · Linguistics (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Amharic (2 works) · Arabic (2 works) · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (2 works) · History (2 works) · Islam (2 works) · African history and culture studies (1 work) · African studies and sociopolitical issues (1 work)