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Tigrinya, an “African-Semitic” language
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Rainer Voigt
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March 31, 2010
In a brief contribution of only one-and-a-half pages J. Fellman recently (in vol. 26 of this journal) made some statements concerning Tigrinya which need some modifications. Since the majority of this journal's readers may not be too familiar with Ethio-Semitic it might be helpful to comment briefly on some of the points he raised.
Tigrinya, as the third largest modern Semitic language (a fact not mentioned by Fellman), is in speakers only outnumbered by Arabic and Amharic. Seen from this perspective Tigrinya must surely warrant more attention in future than it has hitherto received by scholars of Semitic and African studies.
Published Online: 2010-03-31
Published in Print: 2009-December
© 2009 by Walter de Gruyter Berlin Boston
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