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Amharic
- Introduction
- Writing system
- Phonology
- Consonant phonemes
- Vowel phonemes
- Syllable structure
- Palatalization
- Assimilatory and dissimilatory processes
- Loss of gutturals
- Vowel coalescence
- Morphology
- Pronouns, copula and existential verb
- Demonstratives
- Interrogatives
- Relatives
- Nominals
- Verbs
- Root types
- Conjugations and TAM features
- Diatheses (stems)
- Impersonal verbs
- Phrasal verbs
- Negation
- Discourse markers
- Prepositions
- Syntax
- Word order
- Relative clauses and cleft sentences
- Converb constructions
- Coordination and subordination
- Lexicon
- Sample texts
- References
Abstract
Amharic (ʔamarɨɲɲa) is the main modern exponent of the Southern Ethio-Semitic branch and is to be associated with Argobba, Eastern Gurage and Harari. The term most probably derives from the region Amhara (ʔamara) in the northern and central highlands of Ethiopia (Map 9.1). Following a widely accepted study by Hetzron (1972), Amharic should not be considered a direct offspring of Gɨʕɨz but rather a descendent of an early common Ethio-Semitic language.
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