Somali /
Somali is spoken by more than nine million people in the Horn of Africa and by expatriate communities in the Middle East, Europe and North America. It is the official language of Somalia and an important regional language in Ethiopia and Kenya. As a Cushitic language Somali is part of the great Afro...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
J. Benjamins Pub. Co.,
©1999.
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| Series: | London Oriental and African language library ;
v. 10. |
| Online Access: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=380450 |
| Summary: | Somali is spoken by more than nine million people in the Horn of Africa and by expatriate communities in the Middle East, Europe and North America. It is the official language of Somalia and an important regional language in Ethiopia and Kenya. As a Cushitic language Somali is part of the great Afroasiatic language family whose other branches include Semitic, Berber, Chadic and Ancient Egyptian. This book provides a comprehensive description of the grammar of the language that will be of interest to non-specialists and linguists interested in typology and language comparison. The author's acce. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 295 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-287) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789027283078 9027283079 155619224X 9781556192241 9027238103 9789027238108 |
| ISSN: | 1382-3485 ; |