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Although Amharic is the national language of Ethiopia and English its international language, until publication of this book in hardcover there was no concise Amharic-English, English-Amharic dictionary. Students of Amharic as well as visitors to Ethiopia and foreign workers will benefit from this concise dictionary with phonetic transcriptions that allow for its use by those unfamiliar with Amharic script.
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"It should be emphasized that this is a "modern dictionary, designed to help a student read current material and is abundantly supplied with idiomatic expressions. . . . Invaluable to the student and useful as a handy reference for those who have studied the language for many years."--Thomas L. Kane, "Journal of the American Oriental Society
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"A language learning book that has taught and will continue to teach generations of Peace Corps volunteers, and other English-speaking students, workers, and visitors to Ethiopia."--Harold G. Marcus, author of "A History of Ethiopia
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- PublisherUniversity of California Press
- Publication date1992
- ISBN 10 0520026608
- ISBN 13 9780520026605
- BindingHardcover
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Concise Amharic Dictionary: Amharic-English; English-Amharic;
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Book Description Softcover. Condition: vg. 8vo. xiv, 538pp. Illustrated wrappers with black and red lettering. Written by the acclaimed scholar of Ethiopan Languages, the late Prof. Leslau (1906-2006). Prof. Leslau, former UCLA professor emeritus of Hebrew and Semitic linguistics was an expert on several Ethiopian Languages and dialects, which he studied and often recorded on site, thus saving them from perdition. In English and Amharic. Near fine. While the title page lists UC Berkeley (Berkeley) as publilsher, the copyright page lists Otto Harrassowitz (Wiesbaden). Seller Inventory # 16009
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