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The Costs of the Linguistic Transitions: Traces of Disappeared Languages in Ethiopia

Lusini, Gianfrancesco
2017
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978-88-8303-821-1
http://hdl.handle.net/10077/14305
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978-88-8303-822-8
Abstract
For the most part, the linguistic history of the Ethio-Eritrean highlands in ancient and mediaeval times cannot be reconstructed because of the lack of direct sources. The hegemonic role played by a few cultural centers and the prevalence of the ‘dominant’ languages caused the disappearance of a number of unknown idioms. Therefore, in order to raise a reliable reconstruction, the modern historical research must take into account also the scanty philological traces of languages used by peoples that lost their linguistic identities as a consequence of the cultural assimilation. Particularly, the etymological interpretation of some royal names allows one to cast a light on the linguistic origin of the members of ancient dynasties ruling between the 3rd and the 13th c.
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  • Da‘amat

  • Kingdom of Aksum

  • Agaw, Zagwe dynasty

  • Sultanate of Ifāt

  • royal names

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EUT Edizioni Università di Trieste
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Gianfrancesco Lusini, "The Costs of the Linguistic Transitions: Traces of Disappeared Languages in Ethiopia", in: "Cultural and Linguistic Transition explored. Proceedings of the ATrA closing workshop Trieste, May 25-26, 2016", Ilaria Micheli (ed.), Trieste, EUT Edizioni Università di Trieste, 2017, pp. 264-273
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