Language endangerment in Ethiopia

The chapter 'Language endangerment in Ethiopia', written by Azeb Amha and Zelealem Leyew, has appeared in The Oxford Handbook of Ethiopian Languages (editors: Ronny Meyer, Bedilu Wakjira, and Zelealem Leyew), pp. 45-64. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2023.

The handbook provides a comprehensive account of the languages spoken in Ethiopia, exploring both their structures and features and their function and use in society, including their endangerment. 

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Author(s) / editor(s)

Azeb Amha and Zelealem Leyew

About the author(s) / editor(s)

Azeb Amha is a Senior Researcher at the ASCL.

Zelealem Leyew is Professor of Linguistics at Addis Ababa University.

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