THE 1,635 VOLUMES CITED IN THIS BIBLIOGRAPHY INCLUDE ARCHIVAL AS WELL AS MODERN PUBLICATIONS, ENDING WITH THE YEAR 1964. THE FIRST TWO SECTIONS LIST GENERAL WORKS ON SEMITIC AND ETHIOPIAN LANGUAGES. FOLLOWING SECTIONS GROUP THE SEMITIC LANGUAGES ACCORDING TO (1) NORTH ETHIOPIC--INCLUDING GEEZ, TIGRE, AND TIGRINYA, AND (2) SOUTH ETHIOPIC--INCLUDING…

This reader is intended to provide material for the intermediate-level student of Amharic, as well as to introduce the student to the cultural and social life of Ethiopia. The 39 texts were each prepared by a different student at Haile Selassie I University, thus providing the reader with a variety of language styles. The Amharic texts are…

This basic dictionary, consisting of two sections, Amharic-English and English-Amharic, is the first such dictionary written since 1920. Since there is a considerable lack of consistency in Amharic spelling, the Amharic orthography used here has been standardized through etymological studies. Whenever necessary, English expressions are given in…