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Afro-Asiatic
comparative linguistics
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The paper offers a preliminary report of the current research for a monographic comparative-etymological elaboration of the Southern Cushitic lexical stock with its uniquely archaic consonantism set in its ancient Afro-Asiatic context. The project is based on the author’s studies over more than two decades by now.
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