księżycowy wrote:Though I'm far from an expert, I'd imagine that some Arabic and Hebrew would help. As they are all Semitic languages. However the Ethiopian Semitic languages are a bit more removed from the others, so I'm not sure how much it would help.
I'm a bit disappointed in the diversity of languages here as well, but whatcha gonna do?
I do intend to learn some Amharic some day. It's just too awesome of a language.
Hannahanneke wrote:Hi to all of you! Thanks for sharing the links! It's very helpful!
I wanna ask you if Amharic is very difficult if you know already some Arabic & (Biblical) Hebrew?
EDIT: I'm bit disappointed about the ammount of African languages represented on Unilang... It doesn't look like a lot of people are interested in them, neither studying them...
Sisyphe wrote: I've also taken an Amharic intensive at my uni and I'm planning to take Tigrinya for all of this school year - I'm very excited, both because it has a more conservative phonology than Amharic and because my professor claims to have found a way to teach the beginners and intermediate courses at the same time. We'll see how that looks! If there are any resources I come across that I can pass onto people who are reading this thread, I'll definitely do so! I agree that we do need more forums (but also more native speakers and resources) for African languages.
księżycowy wrote:I've always wanted to learn Tigrinya ever since I started looked at Amharic!
Why can't there be a good textbook out there?
Shadad wrote:What are some of the difficult aspects of Amharic?
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