Afro-Asiatic languages: References & Edit History

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).

Article History

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Modified link of Web site: Brigham Young University - College of Humanities - The Afro-Asiatic Language Family. Sep 19, 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
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