Afro-Asiatic languages: References & Edit History
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Assorted References
- Basque languages
- Eastern African origins
- Nostratic hypothesis
distribution
Africa
- Kenya
- northern Africa
- Sudan
Additional Reading
An overview is Richard J. Hayward, “Afroasiatic,” in Bernd Heine and Derek Nurse (eds.), African Languages: An Introduction (2000), pp. 74–98. I.M. Diakonoff, Afrasian Languages, trans. from Russian (1988), is unrivaled as a historical and comparative grammar of Afro-Asiatic languages. Another valuable general resource is Joseph H. Greenberg, The Languages of Africa, 3rd ed. (1970). A challenging attempt at deep-level reconstructions is Christopher Ehret, Reconstructing Proto-Afroasiatic (Proto-Afrasian): Vowels, Tone, Consonants, and Vocabulary (1995).
Progress in the field is well documented in the proceedings (in multiple languages) of various conferences dealing with or devoted to Afro-Asiatic languages, including Dymitr Ibriszimow, Rudolf Leger, and Gerald Schmitt (eds.), Studia Chadica et Hamitosemitica (1995); Hans G. Mukarovsky (ed.), Proceedings of the Fifth International Hamito-Semitic Congress . . ., 2 vol. (1990–91); Herrmann Jungraithmayr and Walter W. Müller (eds.), Proceedings of the Fourth International Hamito-Semitic Congress . . . (1987); Ekkehard Wolff and Hilke Meyer-Bahlburg (eds.), Studies in Chadic and Afroasiatic Linguistics (1983); and James Bynon (ed.), Current Progress in Afro-Asiatic Linguistics (1984).
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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Add new Web site: BYU Department of Linguistics - A Description of the Afro-Asiatic (Hamito-Semitic) Language Family. | Nov 29, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: The University of Chicago - Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures - The Afroasiatic Index Project. | Dec 23, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Brigham Young University - College of Humanities - The Afro-Asiatic Language Family. | Sep 15, 2023 | ||
| Removed table. | May 14, 2018 | ||
| Add new Web site: SOROSORO - Afro-Asiatic Languages. | Jul 03, 2015 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Language Gulper - Afroasiatic Languages. | Jul 09, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Language Gulper - Afroasiatic Languages. | Jul 09, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Fact Monster - Society - Afroasiatic languages. | Nov 04, 2011 | ||
| Author's diagram of the divergence of Afro-Asiatic languages added. | Jan 11, 2010 | ||
| Article updated to add modern extralinguistic theories regarding the Urheimat of Afro-Asiatic languages. | Jan 11, 2010 | ||
| Media added. | Nov 13, 2008 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Nov 13, 2008 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Aug 15, 2008 | ||
| Bibliography revised. | Aug 15, 2008 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Aug 15, 2008 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 26, 1999 |