Ronny Meyer teaches Amharic at the Institut National de Langues et Civilisations Orientales (INALCO) and carries out research on Ethiosemitic languages at the Langage, Langues et Cultures d'Afrique (LLACAN) laboratory. He previously held positions at the Universities of Mainz and Addis Ababa, and his publications include Language Use in Ethiopia from a Network Perspective (with Renate Richter; Peter Lang, 2003) and Language Contact and Language Change in Ethiopia (co-edited with Joachim Crass; Rüdiger Köppe, 2009).Bedilu Wakjira is Assistant Professor of Linguistics at Addis Ababa University, where he specializes in Ethiosemitic languages with particular focus on Kistane. His many academic publications include the textbook Literature in Language Teaching, used in many Ethiopian universities. He has also published several collections of poetry and other literary work in Amharic.Zelealem Leyew is Professor of Linguistics at Addis Ababa University, where he was previously Chair of the Department of Linguistics (2001-2002) and Dean of the College of Humanities, Language Studies, Journalism, and Communication (2015-2019). He has also held positions at the Universities of Cologne, Frankfurt, and Hamburg. His many publications on descriptive, sociolinguistic, and anthropological issues include The Kemantney Language: A Sociolinguistic and Grammatical Study of Language Replacement (Rüdiger Köppe, 2003).

• Detailed contents Acknowledgements List of maps, figures, and tables Abbreviations and acronyms The contributors Ethiopia-specific issues Preface Part I: Background and general issues 1: Ronny Meyer and Moges Yigezu: Ethiopian languages and their demographic distribution 2: Grover Hudson: Classification of Ethiopian languages 3: Ronny Meyer and Moges Yigezu: Linguistic diversity in Ethiopian languages 4: Azeb Amha and Zelealem Leyew: Language endangerment in Ethiopia 5: Derib Ado: Language policy and planning in Ethiopia 6: Bedilu Wakjira and Teshager Shiferaw: Language in the media 7: Ronny Meyer and Bedilu Wakjira: Scripts and writing in Ethiopia 8: Anbessa Teferra: Linguistic avoidance and taboo in Ethiopian languages 9: Katell Morand: Language and music Part II: Cushitic languages 10: Mauro Tosco: General overview of Cushitic 11: Zelealem Leyew and Yaregal Allene: Awngi 12: Mauro Tosco: Gawwada 13: Yvonne Treis: Kambaata 14: Ongaye Oda Orkaydo and Maarten Mous: Konso 15: Giorgio Banti and Shimelis Mazengia: Oromo 16: Giorgio Banti and Moreno Vergari: Saaho 17: Kazuhiro Kawachi: Sidaama 18: Morgan Nilsson: Somali 19: Chloé Darmon: Xamtanga Part III: Ethiosemitic languages 20: Olga Kapeliuk: General overview of Ethiosemitic 21: Mengistu Amberber: Amharic 22: Andreas Wetter: Argobba 23: Fekede Menuta and Sascha Völlmin: Chaha group 24: Amsalu Tefera and Maria Bulakh: Old Ethiopic (Geez) 25: Berhanu Chamora, Jean-François Prunet, and Sharon Rose: Inor group 26: Bedilu Wakjira: Kistane 27: Ousman Shafi and Ronny Meyer: Mesqan 28: Maria Bulakh: Tigrinya 29: Ronny Meyer: Zay Part IV: Nilo-Saharan languages 30: Gerrit J. Dimmendaal: General overview of Nilo-Saharan 31: Torben Andersen: Berta 32: Colleen Ahland: Northern Gumuz 33: Osamu Hieda: Koegu (Muguji) 34: Andreas Joswig: Majang 35: Bettina Mütze and Colleen Ahland: Mursi 36: Noam Faust and Eitan Grossman: Nuer 37: Michael Bryant: Suri (Tirmaga-Chai) 38: Don Killian: Uduk Part V: Omotic languages 39: Rolf Theil: General overview of Omotic 40: Sara Petrollino: Hamar 41: Rolf Theil: Kafa 42: Michael Ahland: Northern Mao (Mawes Aats'è) 43: Girma Mengistu Desta: Sezo 44: Anne-Christie Hellenthal: Sheko 45: Motomichi Wakasa: Wolyatta 46: Silvia Zaugg-Coretti: Yemsa Part VI: Other Ethiopian languages 47: Eyasu Hailu and Pawlos Kassu: Ethiopian Sign Language 48: Orin Gensler: Ethiopian English 49: Endris Mohammed and Andreas Wetter: Arabic in Ethiopia References Indexes

Ronny Meyer teaches Amharic at the Institut National de Langues et Civilisations Orientales (INALCO) and carries out research on Ethiosemitic languages at the Langage, Langues et Cultures d'Afrique (LLACAN) laboratory. He previously held positions at the Universities of Mainz and Addis Ababa, and his publications include Language Use in Ethiopia from a Network Perspective (with Renate Richter; Peter Lang, 2003) and Language Contact and Language Change in Ethiopia (co-edited with Joachim Crass; Rüdiger Köppe, 2009).Bedilu Wakjira is Assistant Professor of Linguistics at Addis Ababa University, where he specializes in Ethiosemitic languages with particular focus on Kistane. His many academic publications include the textbook Literature in Language Teaching, used in many Ethiopian universities. He has also published several collections of poetry and other literary work in Amharic.Zelealem Leyew is Professor of Linguistics at Addis Ababa University, where he was previously Chair of the Department of Linguistics (2001-2002) and Dean of the College of Humanities, Language Studies, Journalism, and Communication (2015-2019). He has also held positions at the Universities of Cologne, Frankfurt, and Hamburg. His many publications on descriptive, sociolinguistic, and anthropological issues include The Kemantney Language: A Sociolinguistic and Grammatical Study of Language Replacement (Rüdiger Köppe, 2003).

• Detailed contents Acknowledgements List of maps, figures, and tables Abbreviations and acronyms The contributors Ethiopia-specific issues Preface Part I: Background and general issues 1: Ronny Meyer and Moges Yigezu: Ethiopian languages and their demographic distribution 2: Grover Hudson: Classification of Ethiopian languages 3: Ronny Meyer and Moges Yigezu: Linguistic diversity in Ethiopian languages 4: Azeb Amha and Zelealem Leyew: Language endangerment in Ethiopia 5: Derib Ado: Language policy and planning in Ethiopia 6: Bedilu Wakjira and Teshager Shiferaw: Language in the media 7: Ronny Meyer and Bedilu Wakjira: Scripts and writing in Ethiopia 8: Anbessa Teferra: Linguistic avoidance and taboo in Ethiopian languages 9: Katell Morand: Language and music Part II: Cushitic languages 10: Mauro Tosco: General overview of Cushitic 11: Zelealem Leyew and Yaregal Allene: Awngi 12: Mauro Tosco: Gawwada 13: Yvonne Treis: Kambaata 14: Ongaye Oda Orkaydo and Maarten Mous: Konso 15: Giorgio Banti and Shimelis Mazengia: Oromo 16: Giorgio Banti and Moreno Vergari: Saaho 17: Kazuhiro Kawachi: Sidaama 18: Morgan Nilsson: Somali 19: Chloé Darmon: Xamtanga Part III: Ethiosemitic languages 20: Olga Kapeliuk: General overview of Ethiosemitic 21: Mengistu Amberber: Amharic 22: Andreas Wetter: Argobba 23: Fekede Menuta and Sascha Völlmin: Chaha group 24: Amsalu Tefera and Maria Bulakh: Old Ethiopic (Geez) 25: Berhanu Chamora, Jean-François Prunet, and Sharon Rose: Inor group 26: Bedilu Wakjira: Kistane 27: Ousman Shafi and Ronny Meyer: Mesqan 28: Maria Bulakh: Tigrinya 29: Ronny Meyer: Zay Part IV: Nilo-Saharan languages 30: Gerrit J. Dimmendaal: General overview of Nilo-Saharan 31: Torben Andersen: Berta 32: Colleen Ahland: Northern Gumuz 33: Osamu Hieda: Koegu (Muguji) 34: Andreas Joswig: Majang 35: Bettina Mütze and Colleen Ahland: Mursi 36: Noam Faust and Eitan Grossman: Nuer 37: Michael Bryant: Suri (Tirmaga-Chai) 38: Don Killian: Uduk Part V: Omotic languages 39: Rolf Theil: General overview of Omotic 40: Sara Petrollino: Hamar 41: Rolf Theil: Kafa 42: Michael Ahland: Northern Mao (Mawes Aats'è) 43: Girma Mengistu Desta: Sezo 44: Anne-Christie Hellenthal: Sheko 45: Motomichi Wakasa: Wolyatta 46: Silvia Zaugg-Coretti: Yemsa Part VI: Other Ethiopian languages 47: Eyasu Hailu and Pawlos Kassu: Ethiopian Sign Language 48: Orin Gensler: Ethiopian English 49: Endris Mohammed and Andreas Wetter: Arabic in Ethiopia References Indexes

Ronny Meyer teaches Amharic at the Institut National de Langues et Civilisations Orientales (INALCO) and carries out research on Ethiosemitic languages at the Langage, Langues et Cultures d'Afrique (LLACAN) laboratory. He previously held positions at the Universities of Mainz and Addis Ababa, and his publications include Language Use in Ethiopia from a Network Perspective (with Renate Richter; Peter Lang, 2003) and Language Contact and Language Change in Ethiopia (co-edited with Joachim Crass; Rüdiger Köppe, 2009).Bedilu Wakjira is Assistant Professor of Linguistics at Addis Ababa University, where he specializes in Ethiosemitic languages with particular focus on Kistane. His many academic publications include the textbook Literature in Language Teaching, used in many Ethiopian universities. He has also published several collections of poetry and other literary work in Amharic.Zelealem Leyew is Professor of Linguistics at Addis Ababa University, where he was previously Chair of the Department of Linguistics (2001-2002) and Dean of the College of Humanities, Language Studies, Journalism, and Communication (2015-2019). He has also held positions at the Universities of Cologne, Frankfurt, and Hamburg. His many publications on descriptive, sociolinguistic, and anthropological issues include The Kemantney Language: A Sociolinguistic and Grammatical Study of Language Replacement (Rüdiger Köppe, 2003).

• Detailed contents Acknowledgements List of maps, figures, and tables Abbreviations and acronyms The contributors Ethiopia-specific issues Preface Part I: Background and general issues 1: Ronny Meyer and Moges Yigezu: Ethiopian languages and their demographic distribution 2: Grover Hudson: Classification of Ethiopian languages 3: Ronny Meyer and Moges Yigezu: Linguistic diversity in Ethiopian languages 4: Azeb Amha and Zelealem Leyew: Language endangerment in Ethiopia 5: Derib Ado: Language policy and planning in Ethiopia 6: Bedilu Wakjira and Teshager Shiferaw: Language in the media 7: Ronny Meyer and Bedilu Wakjira: Scripts and writing in Ethiopia 8: Anbessa Teferra: Linguistic avoidance and taboo in Ethiopian languages 9: Katell Morand: Language and music Part II: Cushitic languages 10: Mauro Tosco: General overview of Cushitic 11: Zelealem Leyew and Yaregal Allene: Awngi 12: Mauro Tosco: Gawwada 13: Yvonne Treis: Kambaata 14: Ongaye Oda Orkaydo and Maarten Mous: Konso 15: Giorgio Banti and Shimelis Mazengia: Oromo 16: Giorgio Banti and Moreno Vergari: Saaho 17: Kazuhiro Kawachi: Sidaama 18: Morgan Nilsson: Somali 19: Chloé Darmon: Xamtanga Part III: Ethiosemitic languages 20: Olga Kapeliuk: General overview of Ethiosemitic 21: Mengistu Amberber: Amharic 22: Andreas Wetter: Argobba 23: Fekede Menuta and Sascha Völlmin: Chaha group 24: Amsalu Tefera and Maria Bulakh: Old Ethiopic (Geez) 25: Berhanu Chamora, Jean-François Prunet, and Sharon Rose: Inor group 26: Bedilu Wakjira: Kistane 27: Ousman Shafi and Ronny Meyer: Mesqan 28: Maria Bulakh: Tigrinya 29: Ronny Meyer: Zay Part IV: Nilo-Saharan languages 30: Gerrit J. Dimmendaal: General overview of Nilo-Saharan 31: Torben Andersen: Berta 32: Colleen Ahland: Northern Gumuz 33: Osamu Hieda: Koegu (Muguji) 34: Andreas Joswig: Majang 35: Bettina Mütze and Colleen Ahland: Mursi 36: Noam Faust and Eitan Grossman: Nuer 37: Michael Bryant: Suri (Tirmaga-Chai) 38: Don Killian: Uduk Part V: Omotic languages 39: Rolf Theil: General overview of Omotic 40: Sara Petrollino: Hamar 41: Rolf Theil: Kafa 42: Michael Ahland: Northern Mao (Mawes Aats'è) 43: Girma Mengistu Desta: Sezo 44: Anne-Christie Hellenthal: Sheko 45: Motomichi Wakasa: Wolyatta 46: Silvia Zaugg-Coretti: Yemsa Part VI: Other Ethiopian languages 47: Eyasu Hailu and Pawlos Kassu: Ethiopian Sign Language 48: Orin Gensler: Ethiopian English 49: Endris Mohammed and Andreas Wetter: Arabic in Ethiopia References Indexes