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Afro-asiatic Languages

Afro-Asiatic Languages is a major language family distinguished by its presence in Africa and parts of the Middle East and by shared linguistic features including root-based morphology and consonantal patterns characteristic of Semitic, Cushitic, Berber, Chadic, Egyptian, and Omotic branches.

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17.9K

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451

Authors

158

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2017–2026

22

Variants

Afrasian Languages

Parents

Publications

294

The Hausa Language: An Encyclopedic Reference Grammar

Alan S. Kaye, Paul Newman · Journal of the American Oriental Society · 2002 · 693 citations

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African Languages: An Introduction

John P. Hutchison, Bernd Heine, Derek Nurse · The International Journal of African Historical Studies · 2001 · 559 citations

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The Classification of the Bantu Languages

C. M. N. White · African Affairs · 1949 · 343 citations

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<b>Current Approaches to African Linguistics</b> , 3. Ed. by Gerrit J. Dimmendaal (Publications in African Languages and Linguistics, 6.) Dordrecht, Holland, &amp; Cinnaminson, NJ: Foris, 1985. Pp. 296. f 59.00.

Ben G. Blount · Language · 1988 · 341 citations

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New Linguistic Evidence and ‘The Bantu Expansion’

Jan Vansina · The Journal of African History · 1995 · 336 citations

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Authors

451

  1. JG
    Joseph Greenberg

    University of Haifa, Israel

    6 publications · 217 citations

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  2. KB
    Koen Bostoen

    Ghent University, Belgium

    5 publications · 299 citations

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  3. LM
    Larry M. Hyman

    University of California, Berkeley, United States

    5 publications · 708 citations

    5

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  4. GJ
    Gerrit J. Dimmendaal

    University of Cologne, Germany

    4 publications · 289 citations

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  5. EJ
    Edward J. Vajda

    Western Washington University, United States

    4 publications · 288 citations

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Institutions

158

  1. Max Planck Society

    Munich, Germany

    7 h-index

    8 publications

    362 citations

  2. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

    Leipzig, Germany

    5 h-index

    7 publications

    623 citations

  3. SOAS University of London

    London, United Kingdom

    5 h-index

    9 publications

    380 citations

  4. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    5 h-index

    6 publications

    189 citations

  5. University of London

    London, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    8 publications

    351 citations

  6. University of Florida

    Gainesville, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    420 citations

  7. Ghent University

    Ghent, Belgium

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    429 citations

  8. Leiden University

    Leiden, The Netherlands

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    142 citations

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Venues

  1. Language

    25 publications · 2.1K citations

    19

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  2. Oceanic Linguistics

    11 publications · 702 citations

    11

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  3. African Affairs

    10 publications · 874 citations

    10

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  4. African Studies

    8 publications · 649 citations

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  5. Africa

    8 publications · 384 citations

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