Search: Start Page ➙ Language: Oromo, Eastern (hae) Alternative Names  Qotu Oromo, Harar, Harer, Qottu, Quottu, Qwottu, Kwottu, Ittu Family/Group  Afro-Asiatic, Cushitic Area  Africa General Data  spoken in Ethiopia Typological Information  • 2 tones (high, low) • SOV Relationship Form-Function  various forms - various functions Reduplication System  • full: word class derivation/pluralization (distribution) • partial C1V1C2-: word class derivation, lexical enrichment • partial C1V1C1-: pluralization (plurality, iteration, plural agreement), intensification Forms  Select Valueσ word   Functions  Select Valueintensification lexical enrichment pluralization word class derivation Patterns  Select Valuefull partial Semantics  Select Valuecontinuity intensity plurality   Word Classes  Select Value0 — adjective/adverb 0 — noun 0 — verb adjective/adverb — adjective/adverb noun — adjective/adverb verb — adjective/adverb verb — verb   All Examples  ⊟ References Ali, Mohammed, Andrzej Zaborski 1990. Handbook of the Oromo Language. Wrocław et al.: Zakład Narodowy Imienia Ossolińskich; (relevant pages: 17-18; 23; 77-78)  Kiyomi, Setsuko 1995. "A new approach to reduplication: a semantic study of noun and verb reduplication in the Malayo-Polynesian languages". In Linguistics 33: 1145-1167  Owens, Jonathan 1985. A Grammar of Harar Oromo (Northeastern Ethiopia). Hamburg: Helmut Buske Verlag; (relevant pages: 19; 84-85; 93)     Terminology    Glossary    Field Descriptions

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