The national language of Ethiopia, Amharic, as well as the other Ethiopian Semitic (also known as Ethio-Semitic) languages, are of particular interest to the Semitist, as well as the general linguist. In addition to their obvious Semitic features, the Ethiopian Semitic languages, and particularly the still-spoken languages, underwent influence from the Cushitic substratum in phonology, morphology, and syntax. Since the book under review deals with historical phonetics, special mention should be made of the glottalized or ejective pronunciation of some consonants, of the rounded or ...
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