The Language Nerd is doing a series on Ethiopian linguistics – intro here, then parts one, two, and three. So throughout this little Ethiopian lingventure I’ve been mentioning Ge’ez and the Fidel. Ge’ez down to here, Ge’ez out to there, Ge’ez to where it stops by itself. It’s about damn time that I gave it […]
You’re in Ethiopia? WTF? Why? What’s going on? –pretty much everyone I know *** Dear Everyone, People, Ethiopia is Language Nerd Heaven. The real question is why I didn’t get over here sooner. There are eighty-odd languages in Ethiopia. Some say 82, some say 85, some say more. Part of the reason it’s difficult to […]