Early Semitic

EARLY SEMITIC: A DIACHRONICAL INQUIRY INTO THE RELATIONSHIP OF ETHIOPIC TO THE OTHER SO-CALLED SOUTH-EAST SEMITIC LANGUAGES......Page 3
TABLE OF CONTENTS......Page 5
Foreword......Page 7
Introduction......Page 9
1. Consonants......Page 14
1) Gutturals......Page 15
2) Palatals......Page 16
4) Sibilants......Page 17
9) Prepalatal fricatives and affricates......Page 18
2. Vowels......Page 19
1. The personal pronoun......Page 24
2. Demonstrative pronouns......Page 35
a. Primary stem or stems......Page 39
b. Secondary stems......Page 43
a. Verbal preformatives......Page 48
b. Verbal afformatives......Page 51
c. The formation of conjugations......Page 57
1. General remarks......Page 67
2. The declension of the noun......Page 68
3. Numerals......Page 77
Conclusion......Page 80