The Journal of Afroasiatic Languages (JAAL) is sponsored and published twice a year by the Institute of Semitic Studies (ISS). JAAL brings forward contributions of linguistics of all types—historical, comparative, theoretical, descriptive, and others—that deal with Afroasiatic languages. In this issue, Volume 6, Number 1:

ARTICLES
1.    Mother Tongue Medium Instruction and Cultural Preservation:
The Case of Oromo Language in Education
Alemayehu Jote Tullu

2.    Phonemic Inventory of  Khimt’anga
Teshome Belay

3.    Women’s Language of Avoidance and Some Other Sidaama Endangered Cultural Practices
Anbessa Teferra

4.    Reflections on the Origins of the Ethiopian Civilization and Semitic Languages
Ephraim Isaac & Cain Felder

REVIEW
1.    Zuckermann, Ghil‘ad. 2012. Burning Issues in Afro-Asiatic Linguis¬tics. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, pp. i-viii, 1-387, various maps, tables and photographs; ISBN 978-1-4438-4070-5, Price USD 84.99
Ronny Meyer

2.    Ali Naji. 2012. Breakdown of Harari Grammar (Intermediate Level). Addis Ababa: Khalaf Printing Press, pp. i-ix; 1-201, ETB 80
Ronny Meyer

3. የቦረናው ቀውስ (1967 – 1968)
Girma A. Demeke & Abebe Zegeye

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