Monthly Archives: October 2023

Junk phonemes in Proto-South-Cushitic, and some possible fixes

Followup on my previous overview of comparative Cushitic: a slightly more involved look at Ehret’s Proto-South-Cushitic from 1980, and some readily observable issues in it. To reiterate slightly, his view of South Cushitic includes four basic units: There’s a couple

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Prospects in comparative Cushitic

Long time no post! Those who have been following me on Tumblr or Twxttxr will know I’ve been recently digging into the history of the Cushitic languages — actually something I’ve wanted to get into for a while now. Here

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