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Tigrinya is one of the major languages of Ethiopia, placed in the north Ethio-Semitic (NES)language subgroup of the Ethiopian Semitic language family which also includes Tigre and Ge'ez. Several attempts have been made to explain the linguistic features of the Tigrinya language and to identify its parent language and discuss its connection with Ge'ez. This study examines some historical linguistic features of early Tigrinya (Ethiosemitic). The aim of this investigation is to analyze and describe sounds, words and phrases of the old forms of the language gathered from early dictionaries, grammar books and manuscripts, mainly from two late nineteenth-century works by Dabtara Fassaha-Giyorgis, Tarix ityop'ya Ethiopian history and a travel diary entitled T'oblahta impression , and to compare them to the present-day language (Modern Standard Tigrinya).Product Identifiers
PublisherVdm Verlag
ISBN-139783639321593
eBay Product ID (ePID)7046708412
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Book TitleLanguage Change in Tigrinya
AuthorSolomon Niguse Kebede
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2011
Number of Pages76 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height229mm
Item Width152mm
Item Weight122g
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Title_AuthorSolomon Niguse Kebede
Country/Region of ManufactureGermany
