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Afan Oromo to Amharic Word Mapping
December 23, 2007
In an attempt to find common words and derivative relationships among the various languages of the world, the following is an initial attempt to find such relationships between Afan Oromo and Amharic. The words in Afan Oromo are written using Qubee, which is an adaptation from the latin alphabet. The Amharic equivalent words are written as they are commonly used by a user that tries to depict their pronunciation using the latin alphabet. Some of the adopted letter sounds, such as Q in Afan Oromo and K in Amharic, have the exact same sound in both languages but they are absent in English.
While this is an initial effort, our plan is to expand on this piece by piece as well as work on other pairs of languages, one at a time. Our priority is to work on two languages that have already been identified to be closely related, such as Amharic and Tigrigna, Amharic and Agew, Tigringa and Agew, and so on.
As with any other project, this work is prone to unintended mistakes. Please feel free to send us your comments about your observations. In addition, if you are well-versed in any two languages, we would be pleased to work with you in this worthwhile project. So, please do not hesitate to contact us. This is your chance to become our Diplomate on those two languages.
"AND the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech." (Genesis 11:1)
"And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; ..." (Genesis 11:6)
September 4, 2007
Millions of people around the world may have read millions of times the information in the above statements in the Bible. Perhaps, millions may have asked what the name of that first language could be even though we are not sure if any has got the answer so far.
Parameterization of Ancient Civilizations Using Unique Identifiers
First posted to the web on February 5, 2006
Language is perhaps one of the most important reflections of human consciousness. The evolution of human language may have followed slow processes that leave us at the mercy of guessing when our ancestors started using languages to communicate among themselves to express emotions and concepts through sounds and gestures.
