Afroasiatic languages are spoken by some 300 million people in Northern, Central and Eastern Africa and the Middle East. This book is the first typological study of these languages, which are ...

Genes and languages not always together Date: November 21, 2022 Source: University of Zurich Summary: Does the history of our languages match the history of our genes?

At an Afroasiatic languages conference (AfAf 2) held in Paris this month, one fifth of the talks given were by members of our Linguistics Department: Prof. Emerita Hagit Borer, Prof. Daniel Harbour, ...

Hausa language is a Chadic language, which is a branch of the Afroasiatic language family and is spoken as a first language by no fewer than 35 million people, and a second language by at least 41 ...

Does the history of our languages match the history of our genes? A team of scientists at the University of Zurich and the Max-Planck-Institute have revealed a large number of matches – but also ...