Highland East Cushitic or Burji-Sidamo is a branch of the Afroasiatic language family spoken in south-central Ethiopia. They are often grouped with Lowland East Cushitic, Dullay, and Yaaku as East Cushitic, but that group is not well defined. The most populous language is Sidama, with close to two million speakers.
The four to six Sidamoid languages are all closely related. Hadiyya and Libido are especially close, as are Kambaata and Alaba. Their relationship with Burji is more distant and was first proposed in 1940;[1] it has been accepted widely but not universally.
Language contactedit
The Highland East Cushitic languages show parallels in their phonology to the historical development of the southern Ethio-Semitic languages, in particular those of the Gurage group, and may have influenced their development.[2]
Notesedit
^Lamberti, Marcello (1991). "Cushitic and its Classifications". Anthropos: 552–561.
^Leslau, Wolf. "Sidamo Features in the South Ethiopic Phonology." "Journal of the American Oriental Society," 1959.
Referencesedit
Hudson, Grover. 1981. The Highland East Cushitic family vine. Sprache und Geschichte in Afrika 3.97-124.
Hudson, Grover. 1988. The Highland Cushitic hypothesis. Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference of Ethiopian Studies (Addis Ababa, 1984), Taddese Beyene, ed., 693-696. Birmingham, England: Elm Press.
Hudson, Grover. 2005. Highland East Cushitic languages, Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics, 2nd ed., Keith Brown, ed., 294-298. Elsevier: Oxford.
Hudson, Grover. 2007a. Highland East Cushitic morphology, Morphologies of Asian and African Languages, vol. 1, Alan S. Kaye, ed., 529-545. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns.
Sasse, Hans-Jürgen. 1979. The consonant phonemes of Proto-East-Cushitic (PEC): A first approximation. Malibu: Undena Publications.
Wedekind, Klaus. 1980. Sidamo, Gedeo (Derasa), Burji: Phonological differences and likenesses. Journal of Ethiopian Studies 14: 131-76.
Wedekind, Klaus. 1990. Generating narratives: interrelations of knowledge, text variants, and Cushitic focus strategies. Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs, 52. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.
highland, east, cushitic, languages, highland, east, cushitic, burji, sidamo, branch, afroasiatic, language, family, spoken, south, central, ethiopia, they, often, grouped, with, lowland, east, cushitic, dullay, yaaku, east, cushitic, that, group, well, define. Highland East Cushitic or Burji Sidamo is a branch of the Afroasiatic language family spoken in south central Ethiopia They are often grouped with Lowland East Cushitic Dullay and Yaaku as East Cushitic but that group is not well defined The most populous language is Sidama with close to two million speakers Highland East CushiticSidamicGeographicdistributionEthiopiaLinguistic classificationAfro AsiaticCushiticHighland East CushiticSubdivisionsBurji SidamicGlottologhigh1285 The languages are Burji divergent Sidamoid also Sidamic Sidama Gedeo Hadiyya Libido Kambaata Alaba The four to six Sidamoid languages are all closely related Hadiyya and Libido are especially close as are Kambaata and Alaba Their relationship with Burji is more distant and was first proposed in 1940 1 it has been accepted widely but not universally Language contact editThe Highland East Cushitic languages show parallels in their phonology to the historical development of the southern Ethio Semitic languages in particular those of the Gurage group and may have influenced their development 2 Notes edit Lamberti Marcello 1991 Cushitic and its Classifications Anthropos 552 561 Leslau Wolf Sidamo Features in the South Ethiopic Phonology Journal of the American Oriental Society 1959 References editHudson Grover 1981 The Highland East Cushitic family vine Sprache und Geschichte in Afrika 3 97 124 Hudson Grover 1988 The Highland Cushitic hypothesis Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference of Ethiopian Studies Addis Ababa 1984 Taddese Beyene ed 693 696 Birmingham England Elm Press Hudson Grover 1989 Highland East Cushitic Dictionary Kuschitische Sprachstudien 7 Hamburg Buske Hudson Grover 2005 Highland East Cushitic languages Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics 2nd ed Keith Brown ed 294 298 Elsevier Oxford Hudson Grover 2007a Highland East Cushitic morphology Morphologies of Asian and African Languages vol 1 Alan S Kaye ed 529 545 Winona Lake IN Eisenbrauns Sasse Hans Jurgen 1979 The consonant phonemes of Proto East Cushitic PEC A first approximation Malibu Undena Publications Wedekind Klaus 1980 Sidamo Gedeo Derasa Burji Phonological differences and likenesses Journal of Ethiopian Studies 14 131 76 Wedekind Klaus 1990 Generating narratives interrelations of knowledge text variants and Cushitic focus strategies Trends in Linguistics Studies and Monographs 52 Berlin Mouton de Gruyter This Afroasiatic languages related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Highland East Cushitic languages amp oldid 1213559427, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
