Somali / John Saeed.

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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Main Author: Saeed, John I.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., ©1999.
Series:London Oriental and African language library ; v. 10.
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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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xv, 295 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-287) and index.
ISBN:9789027283078
9027283079
ISSN:1382-3485 ;
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.