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This work provides the first truly comprehensive and systematic reconstruction of proto-Afroasiatic (proto-Afrasian). It rigorously applies, throughout, the established canon and techniques of the historical-comparative method. It also fully incorporates the most up-to-date evidence from the distinctive African branches of the family, Cushitic, Chadic, and Omotic. Using concrete and specific evidence and argument, the author proposes full vowel and consonant reconstructions and a provisional reckoning of tone. Each aspect of these reconstructions is substantiated in detail in an extensive etymological vocabulary of more than 1000 roots. The results, while confirming some previous views on proto-Afroasiatic (proto-Afrasian), revise or overturn many others, and add much that is new.

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Book category Books in English Language linguistics Historical & comparative linguistics

• Full title: Reconstructing Proto-Afroasiatic (Proto-Afrasian)
• Subtitle: Vowels, Tone, Consonants, and Vocabulary
• Author: Christopher Ehret
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 575
• EAN: 9780520097995
• ISBN: 0520097998
• ID: 04616006
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Weight: 1134 g
• Dimensions: 251 × 177 × 34 mm
• Date of publishing: 30. August 1995

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