Azeb Amha
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Symbolism and Power of Abbay (the Blue Nile) River in Amharic Popular Songs Open
The Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam ( GERD ), under construction on the Abbay River (Blue Nile) since 2011, has sparked both national pride and international diplomatic tensions. Domestically, the GERD has become a symbol of Ethiopian hope…
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Reimagining language Open
What is language and who or what can be said to have it? In this essay we consider this question in the context of interactions with non-humans, specifically: animals and computers. While perhaps an odd pairing at first glance, here we arg…
Singing the Individual: Name Tunes in Oyda and Yopno Open
Music beats spoken language in identifying individuals uniquely in two disparate communities. In addition to their given names, which conform to the conventions of their languages, speakers of the Oyda (Omotic; SW Ethiopia) and Yopno (Fini…
JALL 41(1) Open
We hope our readers and contributors are keeping safe and healthy in these challenging times of COVID-19.In commemorating JALL@40, we announced the introduction of a new feature for JALL articles (see Ameka and Amha 2019), namely, the publ…