Language In Ethiopia

Author : Firew Girma Worku
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004449914
Total Pages : 684 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Grammar of Mursi written by Firew Girma Worku and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2021-03-08 with total page 684 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume contains 14 descriptive chapters and a collection of 4 transcribed texts in Mursi, a highly endangered language spoken in the Lower Omo Valley in Ethiopia.

Author : Marvin Lionel Bender
Publisher : London : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 620 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Language in Ethiopia written by Marvin Lionel Bender and published by London : Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1976 with total page 620 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive study is the result of research by an interdisciplinary team of international scholars, all with a particular interest in Ethiopia. The first part of the book contains an important classification of Ethiopian languages, looks at their distribution and studies some special language situations. The second part describes the official status of languages, the effects of migrations, urbanization and education, and discusses the spread of Amharic and patterns of bilingualism. The third part analyses in detail the organization of language teaching and teacher training in Ethiopia.

Author : Mekonnen Alemu Gebre Yohannes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9783030639051
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Language Policy in Ethiopia written by Mekonnen Alemu Gebre Yohannes and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the interplay and tensions between hegemonic and counter-hegemonic language policy and processes in Tigray, a regional state of Ethiopia, in the period of pre- and post-1991. Viewing language use and language policy as dynamic social and ideological processes, the book presents Ethiopia as an example of language policy creation and implementation over time, in a highly volatile political context. The case of Ethiopia is unique in that different language policies and practices were put in place as the country's leaders changed through political takeovers. Declared language policies were not always implemented, and those implemented were often protested. The book starts with an overview and review of language policy and planning, followed by a chapter on the history of such planning in Ethiopia. It then presents the methodology used for the study, and examines the appropriation of hegemonic LPP, patterns of resistance, schools and public sites as centers of resistance, and the emergence and development of specific patterns of language use in different regions of the country. The book ends with recommendations for future research, and draws the overall conclusion that since LPP is a dynamic and multilayered contextual process, official or de facto language policy is often undermined by overt or covert unofficial language policies, ideologies, mechanisms, and agents that result in different patterns of language use.

Author : Derib Ado
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9027260249
Total Pages : 425 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Grammatical and Sociolinguistic Aspects of Ethiopian Languages written by Derib Ado and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. This book was released on 2021-04-23 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The focus of this unique publication is on Ethiopian languages and linguistics. Not only major languages such as Amharic and Oromo receive attention, but also lesser studied ones like Sezo and Nuer are dealt with. The Gurage languages, that often present a descriptive and sociolinguistic puzzle to researchers, have received ample coverage. And for the first time in the history of Ethiopian linguistics, two chapters are dedicated to descriptive studies of Ethiopian Sign Language, as well as two studies on acoustic phonetics. Topics range over a wide spectrum of issues covering the lexicon, sociolinguistics, socio-cultural aspects and micro-linguistic studies on the phonology, morphology and syntax of Ethiopian languages.

Author : MR Abraham Teklu
Publisher : Peace Corps Writers
ISBN 13 : 9781935925651
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Essential Guide to Amharic: The National Language of Ethiopia written by MR Abraham Teklu and published by Peace Corps Writers. This book was released on 2015-09-07 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Essential Guide to Amharic is a 150+ pages of grammar, phrases, and vocabulary for the national language of Ethiopia. All translations are spelled phonetically, as well as in the Amharic alphabet. The vocabulary section is organized by topic; greetings, foods, furniture, politics, occupations etc. There are over 200 verb definitions with simple conjugation. The grammar section includes in-depth information on how to conjugate verbs in the past, present and future; using adjectives, pluralizing words, asking questions, punctuation, and much more.

Author : Ronny Meyer
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0191044253
Total Pages : 1425 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Ethiopian Languages written by Ronny Meyer and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2023-05-04 with total page 1425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook provides a comprehensive account of the languages spoken in Ethiopia, exploring both their structures and features and their function and use in society. The first part of the volume provides background and general information relating to Ethiopian languages, including their demographic distribution and classification, language policy, scripts and writing, and language endangerment. Subsequent parts are dedicated to the four major language families in Ethiopia - Cushitic, Ethiosemitic, Nilo-Saharan, and Omotic - and contain studies of individual languages, with an initial introductory overview chapter in each part. Both major and less-documented languages are included, ranging from Amharic and Oromo to Zay, Gawwada, and Yemsa. The final part explores languages that are outside of those four families, namely Ethiopian Sign Language, Ethiopian English, and Arabic. With its international team of senior researchers and junior scholars, The Oxford Handbook of Ethiopian Languages will appeal to anyone interested in the languages of the region and in African linguistics more broadly.

Author : Girma A. Demeke
Publisher : Red Sea Press(NJ)
ISBN 13 : 9781569023792
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Origin of Amharic written by Girma A. Demeke and published by Red Sea Press(NJ). This book was released on 2013-03 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The first edition of this book was published first in 2009 in Addis Ababa by the French Center for Ethiopian Studies and later in the same year (with minor editing) in Germany by LINCOM Europa Academic publishers."--Preface.

Author : Ronny Meyer
Publisher : Peter Lang Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Language Use in Ethiopia from a Network Perspective written by Ronny Meyer and published by Peter Lang Publishing. This book was released on 2003 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This publication describes the usage of languages in the multilingual society of Ethiopia. It is based on empirical studies conducted in nine states of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia in 1997 and 1998. A research team of German and Ethiopian scholars surveyed about 3,500 high school students from 35 Ethiopian towns regarding their language behaviour. The data on the distribution of mother tongues and second languages are published here for the first time and are representative for a typical Ethiopian town. These data outline the development of multilingualism over three generations (students/parents/grandparents) and elucidate factors which promote the spread of multilingualism. The frame for the representation and explanation of the data is an adapted model of the social network theory."

Author : Marvin Lionel Bender
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 772 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Non-semitic Languages of Ethiopia written by Marvin Lionel Bender and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 772 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Wolf Leslau
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520205014
Total Pages : 558 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Concise Amharic Dictionary written by Wolf Leslau and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1976 with total page 558 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A language learning book that has taught and will continue to teach generations of Peace Corps volunteers, and other English-speaking students, workers, and visitors to Ethiopia."—Harold G. Marcus, author of A History of Ethiopia