Glottochronological Classification of Oromo Dialects

• Authors: Václav Blažek
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The purpose of the present article is the classification of the Oromo dialect continuum. Firstly, the previous attempts are discussed. As a method the so-called ‘recalibrated glottochronology’ developed by Sergei Starostin was applied. The results confirm the mutual relation of the ‘mainstream’ dialects, Maca, Qottu and Borana. In the case of more peripheral dialects the differences are bigger in comparison with the ‘impressionistic’ model sketched in Ethnologue16 (Bender compared only those three dialects). The reason probably consists in the chosen method: although it is not explicitly said in Ethnologue16, the classification used combines the qualitative and geographical approaches, contrary to the present model based on strictly quantitative principles.

Keywords

EN

Oromo; Afroasiataic; typology

• Publisher: Poznańskie Towarzystwo Przyjaciół Nauk
• Journal: Lingua Posnaniensis
• Year: 2010
• Volume: 52
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 27-42

Dates

published

2010-01-01

online

2011-02-16

Contributors

author

Václav Blažek

• Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10122-010-0011-0