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It has been a while since I revisited the topic of “rare” fricatives in Semitic. I don’t know why. I’ve … Continue reading Well, I got a Semitic idea from the “Glottalic Theory”: አንቀጽ ፫ [updated]
What is the Shehri word for donkey? Continue reading Pastoralism in the Eastern Horn of Africa: A linguistic history አንቀጽ ፪
Finally, a full post of my hypothesis. Continue reading Pastoralism in the Eastern Horn of Africa: A linguistic history
This is an odd title, but Somali’s word for chicken is a loan. Continue reading When South Arabian loaned a word for chicken
Nobody knows how, or when, but a South Arabian language made it to Soqotra before recent history. Continue reading “The enigma of Soqotri”
Just as a general matter of fact, not everyone indigenous to the Arabian peninsula actually speaks Arabic.. although not many people seem to be aware of this. Continue reading “Hulton’s 1836 Shehri wordlist, finally in the IPA”
Today, I realized something: ‘Xoolaha‘ /ħɔːlɑhɑ/ is a loanword. Continue reading “Somali, has no native word for “cattle””
