Thanks for the Tigrinya references, Yhever. (I hadn't even known about Kane's dictionary; will have to get it!) I'll be working on the rest of the grammar in the coming weeks, so be on the lookout for mistakes. -- MikeGasser (talk) 22:19, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
Hi. I see now who you are (from Sharon Rose's Gurage-Silt'e Research Group page). That explains all of those references on the SBG page! I've been working on a section on SBG phonology, but you obviously know more than I do. So please check it out after I add it (later today). Also it seems from what I can tell that Muher should definitely have its own entry; isn't this right? -- MikeG (talk) 20:46, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
I was thinking about an article about Gurage languages as a whole to explain the problems of seeing these languages as a group. Leslau has an article "Is there a Proto-Gurage" -- so that this whole discussion can be put there. Then two more articles: "West-Gurage" and "East-Gurage"; I believe we have agreed that "West-Gurage" is not one language, though the West-Gurage languages have many common features. An article on "East-Gurage" -- that, as you know, some of its speaker won't acknowledge any relationship to "Gurage" -- can anyhow show the similarities between Silt'e, Z(w)ay, and even Harari.
Well, Äža and Čäha are really close to each other (though certainly not identical) but even though there's less direct knowledge on Äža, an article about Äža can tell the known differences (such as the existance of phoentic gemination, the alternation of the base in the positive and negative perfect, the definite article -we, and some minor differences in morphological forms).
I am usually a bit cautious here in Wikipedia, and generally I only add small bits rather than writing whole paragraphs myself. I had a bad experience in the Amharic article, where almost all of my suggestions were immediately rejected. It is true that in the meantime it doesn't seem like there are many people dealing with Gurage languages around here, so things may pass quietly. I am willing to dedicate time to this whole rewrite together with you (it seems we are the only two interested in this subject, right?).
Now, the first step of this ambitious undertaking is to move most of what you wrote under "Sebat Bet Gurage language" to "Chaha language"; and then to rename "Sebat Bet Gurage language" into "Sebat Bet Gurage languages". yhever 11:31, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
Ever thought about having a user page? Red links are alarming to many Wikipedia editors (well, to me at least -- they look me in the face and say 'there is nothing here!', and 'edit me!'). Anyway, just a thought. Kind regards, — mark ✎ 19:10, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
I thought you might be interested. Check out especially the Transliteration section, which I'm sure you'll be interested in. Hope to see you contribute!
ዮም (Yom) | contribs • Talk 16:05, 5 June 2006 (UTC)
Proto-Semitic | Gə`əz | Arabic | Hebrew |
---|---|---|---|
ṯ | s | ṯ | š |
š | s | s | š |
s | s | s | s |
ś | ś | š | ś |
Can you take a look at Languages of Ethiopia? I have the feeling that it's classification of the Gurage languages isn't very good (mainly because Argobba is listed twice, once with Amharic as it should be as Transverse, but also as Outer. Also, there's a "Kistane" language also called "Selti," which seems to be a variant of Silt'e). — ዮም | (Yom) | Talk • contribs • Ethiopia 04:54, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
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Thanks for the Tigrinya references, Yhever. (I hadn't even known about Kane's dictionary; will have to get it!) I'll be working on the rest of the grammar in the coming weeks, so be on the lookout for mistakes. -- MikeGasser (talk) 22:19, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
Hi. I see now who you are (from Sharon Rose's Gurage-Silt'e Research Group page). That explains all of those references on the SBG page! I've been working on a section on SBG phonology, but you obviously know more than I do. So please check it out after I add it (later today). Also it seems from what I can tell that Muher should definitely have its own entry; isn't this right? -- MikeG (talk) 20:46, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
I was thinking about an article about Gurage languages as a whole to explain the problems of seeing these languages as a group. Leslau has an article "Is there a Proto-Gurage" -- so that this whole discussion can be put there. Then two more articles: "West-Gurage" and "East-Gurage"; I believe we have agreed that "West-Gurage" is not one language, though the West-Gurage languages have many common features. An article on "East-Gurage" -- that, as you know, some of its speaker won't acknowledge any relationship to "Gurage" -- can anyhow show the similarities between Silt'e, Z(w)ay, and even Harari.
Well, Äža and Čäha are really close to each other (though certainly not identical) but even though there's less direct knowledge on Äža, an article about Äža can tell the known differences (such as the existance of phoentic gemination, the alternation of the base in the positive and negative perfect, the definite article -we, and some minor differences in morphological forms).
I am usually a bit cautious here in Wikipedia, and generally I only add small bits rather than writing whole paragraphs myself. I had a bad experience in the Amharic article, where almost all of my suggestions were immediately rejected. It is true that in the meantime it doesn't seem like there are many people dealing with Gurage languages around here, so things may pass quietly. I am willing to dedicate time to this whole rewrite together with you (it seems we are the only two interested in this subject, right?).
Now, the first step of this ambitious undertaking is to move most of what you wrote under "Sebat Bet Gurage language" to "Chaha language"; and then to rename "Sebat Bet Gurage language" into "Sebat Bet Gurage languages". yhever 11:31, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
Ever thought about having a user page? Red links are alarming to many Wikipedia editors (well, to me at least -- they look me in the face and say 'there is nothing here!', and 'edit me!'). Anyway, just a thought. Kind regards, — mark ✎ 19:10, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
I thought you might be interested. Check out especially the Transliteration section, which I'm sure you'll be interested in. Hope to see you contribute!
ዮም (Yom) | contribs • Talk 16:05, 5 June 2006 (UTC)
Proto-Semitic | Gə`əz | Arabic | Hebrew |
---|---|---|---|
ṯ | s | ṯ | š |
š | s | s | š |
s | s | s | s |
ś | ś | š | ś |
Can you take a look at Languages of Ethiopia? I have the feeling that it's classification of the Gurage languages isn't very good (mainly because Argobba is listed twice, once with Amharic as it should be as Transverse, but also as Outer. Also, there's a "Kistane" language also called "Selti," which seems to be a variant of Silt'e). — ዮም | (Yom) | Talk • contribs • Ethiopia 04:54, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
Dear User,
As you are one of the contributors to Tunisian Arabic. You are kindly asked to review the part about Domains of Use and adjust it directly or through comments in the talk page of Tunisian Arabic.
Yours Sincerely,
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