Introductory Grammar of Amharic
Title | Introductory Grammar of Amharic PDF eBook |
Author | Wolf Leslau |
Publisher | Otto Harrassowitz Verlag |
Pages | 258 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | Amharic language |
ISBN | 9783447042710 |
This book closes the gap for beginners who want to study the Amharic language and had difficulties in finding the right grammar for this purpose: The first grammar of Amharic, the national language of Ethiopia, was published by Hiob Ludolf in 1698. The Amharic grammar published by Praetorius in 1879 is based on Amharic religious texts and on scattered material, usually composed by missionaries. A milestone in the study of Amharic is Marcel Cohen's Traite de langue amharique (1936), but this grammar, too is not completely suited for beginners since the author's generalizations are at times aimed at linguists. The grammar that comes closest to the concept of a beginner's grammar is that of C.H. Dawkin (1960), yet this grammar is extremely short, does not give examples and does not introduce the student to the intricacies of the language.The new book gives all the grammatical forms and the sentences of the present grammar in Amharic script and in phonetic transcription. The illustrative examples have a free and a literal translation. This procedure should likewise prove to be useful for the Semitist as well as for the general linguist.
Introductory Grammar of Amharic
Title | Introductory Grammar of Amharic PDF eBook |
Author | Wolf Leslau |
Publisher | Otto Harrassowitz Verlag |
Pages | 278 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | Amharic language |
ISBN | 9783447042710 |
This book closes the gap for beginners who want to study the Amharic language and had difficulties in finding the right grammar for this purpose: The first grammar of Amharic, the national language of Ethiopia, was published by Hiob Ludolf in 1698. The Amharic grammar published by Praetorius in 1879 is based on Amharic religious texts and on scattered material, usually composed by missionaries. A milestone in the study of Amharic is Marcel Cohen's Traite de langue amharique (1936), but this grammar, too is not completely suited for beginners since the author's generalizations are at times aimed at linguists. The grammar that comes closest to the concept of a beginner's grammar is that of C.H. Dawkin (1960), yet this grammar is extremely short, does not give examples and does not introduce the student to the intricacies of the language.The new book gives all the grammatical forms and the sentences of the present grammar in Amharic script and in phonetic transcription. The illustrative examples have a free and a literal translation. This procedure should likewise prove to be useful for the Semitist as well as for the general linguist.
Gamo-English-Amharic Dictionary
Title | Gamo-English-Amharic Dictionary PDF eBook |
Author | Richard J. Hayward |
Publisher | Harrassowitz |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2014 |
Genre | Amharic language |
ISBN | 9783447101097 |
Gamo, an important member of the Ometo linguistic cluster, is spoken to the west of the Rift Valley in southern Ethiopia. Based on the native speaker utterances and intuitions of one of the authors this pioneer work presents a basic grammar together with a first dictionary. Lexical entries are glossed in both English and Amharic, but the grammatical description is in English only. The usage of most entries is illustrated in example sentences, which in addition to English and Amharic translations have detailed grammatical analyses.
Initia Amharica
Title | Initia Amharica PDF eBook |
Author | C. H. Armbruster |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 430 |
Release | 2010-10-31 |
Genre | Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | 1108013295 |
This early twentieth-century book on Amharic grammar and vocabulary broke new ground by focusing on the modern, spoken language.
Initia Amharica: Grammar
Title | Initia Amharica: Grammar PDF eBook |
Author | Carl Hubert Armbruster |
Publisher | |
Pages | 436 |
Release | 1908 |
Genre | Amharic language |
ISBN |
Grammar of the Amharic Language
Title | Grammar of the Amharic Language PDF eBook |
Author | Carl Wilhelm Isenberg |
Publisher | |
Pages | 214 |
Release | 1842 |
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Classical Syriac
Title | Classical Syriac PDF eBook |
Author | T. Muraoka |
Publisher | |
Pages | 272 |
Release | 1997 |
Genre | Foreign Language Study |
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