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Thomas Kane Pamphlet Collection on Ethiopia/Eritrea at the Library of Congress

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Each article on Ethiopia from the Thomas Kane Pamphlet Collection is identified by a specific number. Within this subject, the articles and pamphlets are organized alphabetically by the author's name. Researchers should submit a call slip with the specific subject and the number assigned. The researcher is advised to take advantage of the alphabetical arrangement of the authors of the pamphlets. Because the pamphlets are kept in a folder with all of the information about the title of the article, name of author and the subject as well as the number assigned to it, please return the article inside the correct folder after each use.

Language/Ethiopia

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1 Abbaba, Abiy Let us know and reform ourselves (translation from the Amharic book by Sage Arnaalam)   20 August 1973 39 pages
2 Aklilu, Amsalu Characteristics of Amharic Idiomatic Expressions 8th International Conference of Ethiopian Studies 26-30 November 1984 21 pages
3a Aklilu, Amsalu Ethiopian Languages Academy: History & Current Development   March 1982 6 pages
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3b Aklilu, Amsalu Ethiopian Languages Academy: History & Current Development   March 1982 6 pages
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4 Appleyard, D.L. /A-/ AND /AS-/ Verb Forms in Amharic     Pg. 18-26
5 Aressi, Tuqabo Synonyms and Interrelated Tigrigna Words Ethiopian Jounral of African Studies; v3, n1 June 1983 Pg. 55-65
6 Beaton, A.C & Paul, A. A Grammar and Vocab of the Tigre Language   1954 46 pages
7 Cerulli, Enrico Nuove Idee Nell’Etiopia E Nuova Letteraturea Amarica Oriente Moderno; v6, n3 1926 36 pages
8 Chauvin, Marcel Politique Linguistique du Gouvernement Ethiopien (1973-1975) 5th International Conference of Ethiopian Studies 1977 12 pages
9 Cohen, Marcel Couplets Amhariques du Choa Journal Asiatique 1924 Pg. 1-100
10 Cohen, Marcel Une Mission Linguistique En Abyssinie [1910-1911] Nouvelles Archives des Missions Scientifiques et Litteraires 1912 82 pages
11 Cohen, Marcel & Strelycln, R., Troupeau, G., Velat, B. Equisse d’une Etude Chiffree du verbe Gueze Ethiopien Classique 1950 Pg. 41-64
12 Comba, Pierre Bref apercu sur les debuts de la literature de langue Amharique et Surses Tendences Actuelles     Pg. 125-128
13 Comba, Pierre Litterature Amharique; Includes Guidi, I., Strofe E Brevi Testi Amarici [1907] Amharic Literature Melanges 1960 17 pages
14 Cooper, Robert L & Carpenter, Susan Tables: Language Contact in the Marketplace - Some Ethiopian Examples   October 1969 7 pages
15 Cooper, Robert L. & Horvath, Ronald J. Language, Migration, and Urbanization in Ethiopia Anthropological Linguistics; v15,n5 May 1973 Pg. 221-243
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16 Cowley R. The Standardization of Amharic Spelling Journal of Ethiopian Studies; v5,n2 July 1967 Pg. 1-8
17 Cowley, R. W. The Identification of the Ethiopian Octateuch of Clement and its relationship to the other Christian Literature   1978 Pg. 37-45
18 Cowley, Roger Additional Sources for a Copula -tt in old Amharic   1977 Pg. 139-143
19 Cowley, Roger Texts in Old Amharic   1979 35 pages
20 Demoz, Abraham The Peculiarities of the Gonderine Amharic Ethnological Society Bulletin; n4 December 1955 Pg. 11-14
21 Drewes, A. J De Verspreiding van Het Amhaars Kroniek van Afika; n4 1966 Pg. 333-338
22 Fusella, Luigi Proverbi Amarici   1942 Pg. 282-311
23 Gabre-Mariam Tesemma, Assefa Technical terms In Amharic Problems and Solutions   1982 28 pages
24 Haile, Getatchew Demonstrative Pronouns in Amharic   1967 Pg. 9-12
25 Haile, Getatchew From the Bible to Enrico Cerulli: A Miscellany of Ethiopian and Semitic Papers by Edward Ullendorff   1991 9 pages
26 Haile, Getatchew Panegyrics in Old Amharic Israel Oriental Studies IX 1979 Pg. 228-237
27 Haile, Getatchew The Translation of the Relics of Abuna Fileppos of Dabra Libanos of Shoa   1990 Pg. 75-113
28 Goldenberg, Gideon Tautological Infinitive   1971 Pg. 36-85
29 Grebaut, Sylvain II Contributions a la Philologie Etiopienne Revue de L’Oreint Chretien; I (series 3) 1918-1919 21 pages
30 Grebaut, Sylvain Contributions a la Philologie Etiopienne (suite) Revue de L’Oreint Chretien; v2 2 March 1921 7 pages
31 Grebaut, Sylvain Cahier 1: Le Verbe fort Trilittere Qatala. Cahiers pour l’enseignement de la Langue Ethiopienne 1945 12 pages
32 Guidi, I. Document Amarina La Reaction du Theme Factitif en Amharique 1891 Pg. 287-300
33 Guidi, Ignazio Strofe E Brevi Testi Amarici     Pg. 167-184
34 Halevy, J Le Dialecte des Falachas   1873 Pg. 151-188
35 Hayward, R.J Compunding In Qatar   1994 16 pages
36 Hetzron, Robert La Reaction du Theme Factitif en Amharique     Pg. 425-439
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37 Hetzron, Robert Toward an Amharic Case-Grammar Studies in African Linguistics   December 1970 Pg. 301-354
38 Hirschfeld, H An Ethiopic-Falasi Glossary   1921 30 pages
39 Johnstone, T.M. Review Thomas A. Sebeok(ed): Current Trends in /linghistics BSOAS; pt2, v36 1973 5 pages
40a Kamil, Murad De Certains termes techniques en langue Amharique   1952 Pg. 49-67 *2 copies
40b Kamil, Murad De Certains termes techniques en langue Amharique   1952 Pg. 49-67 *2 copies
41 Kamil, Murad Translations from Arabic in Ethiopic Literature Bulletin de la Societe d’archeologie 1941 9 pages
42 Kane, Thomas L. Amharic-English Dictionary   1991 1 page
43a Kane, Thomas L. An Amharic Lapidary Treatise   1994 Pg. 115-127
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43b Kane, Thomas L. An Amharic Lapidary Treatise   1994 Pg. 115-127
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43c Kane, Thomas L. An Amharic Lapidary Treatise   1994 Pg. 115-127
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44a Kane, Thomas L. An unpublished Geez-Amharic Magic Manuscript     Pg. 243-256
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44b Kane, Thomas L. An unpublished Geez-Amharic Magic Manuscript     Pg. 243-256
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44c Kane, Thomas L. An unpublished Geez-Amharic Magic Manuscript     Pg. 243-256
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45 Kane, Thomas L. List of Geez Particles ? Some nouns from Irregular verbs and In addition a few Broken PLS     37 pages
46 Kane, Thomas L. Muslim Writers in Amharic 4th International Conference of Ethiopian Studies 10-15 April 1972 Pg. 717-726
47 Kane, Thomas L. Review of English-Amharic Context Dictionary by Wolf Leslau   1976 2 pages
48 Kane, Thomas L. Review of Ma’ibal: yaabiyot Wazema, Yoqayy Kokab Tiri & Laqayy Ababa North East African Studies; v4, n1 1982 Pg. 42-50
49a Kane, Thomas L. Some Observations on Amharic idioms   1991 10 pages
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49b Kane, Thomas L. Some Observations on Amharic idioms   1991 10 pages
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49c Kane, Thomas L. Some Observations on Amharic idioms   1991 10 pages
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50 Kane, Thomas L. Tegrena-English (Dr. Kane’s Draft Work)      
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51a Kane, Thomas L. The Mestira a’ban - An Amharic Lapidary Treatise 6th International Conference of Ethiopian Studies 14-17 April 1980 Pg. 315-336
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51b Kane, Thomas L. The Mestira a’ban - An Amharic Lapidary Treatise 6th International Conference of Ethiopian Studies 14-17 April 1980 Pg. 315-336
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51c Kane, Thomas L. The Mestira a’ban - An Amharic Lapidary Treatise 6th International Conference of Ethiopian Studies 14-17 April 1980 Pg. 315-336
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52 Kapeliuk, Olga Abstract Nouns as Transformation of Copula sentences - The Case of Amharic   1988 Pg. 69-77
53 Kapeliuk, Olga Appurtenance As A Linguistic Concept Folia Linguistica; v23, n3-4 1989 Pg. 341-351
54 Kapeliuk, Olga Auxiliares Descriptifs en Amharique     Pg. 116-131
55a Kapeliuk, Olga Definiteness and Indefiniteness in Amharic Semitic Studies 1991 Pg. 809-820 *2 copies
55b Kapeliuk, Olga Definiteness and Indefiniteness in Amharic Semitic Studies 1991 Pg. 809-820 *2 copies
56 Kapeliuk, Olga Encore Sur Rassegna di Studi Etiopici; v25 1971-1972 Pg. 78-89
57a Kapeliuk, Olga Evolution De la Phrase Amharique: La Nominalisation du Verbe     Pg. 97-105
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57b Kapeliuk, Olga Evolution De la Phrase Amharique: La Nominalisation du Verbe     Pg. 97-105
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58a Kapeliuk, Olga Evolution of the Amharic phrase: the nominalization of the verb     8 pages
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58b Kapeliuk, Olga Evolution of the Amharic phrase: the nominalization of the verb     8 pages
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58c Kapeliuk, Olga Evolution of the Amharic phrase: the nominalization of the verb     8 pages
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59 Kapeliuk, Olga “IL Semble Que” Ou “IL Semble Qui” – UN Probleme de Syntaxe Amharique   1981 Pg. 51-67
60 Kapeliuk, Olga La Phrase Coupee en Gueze     Pg. 191-204
61a Kapeliuk, Olga L’emploi de la Marque de l’accusatif –n avec le complement d’objet direct en Amharique Israel Oriental Studies II 1972 Pg. 183-214
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61b Kapeliuk, Olga L’emploi de la Marque de l’accusatif –n avec le complement d’objet direct en Amharique Israel Oriental Studies II 1972 Pg. 183-214
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62 Kapeliuk, Olga Les noms termines par la voyelle- o en amharique     Pg. 287-295
63 Kapeliuk, Olga les verbes <Redondants> en Amharique     Pg. 257-274
64 Kapeliuk, Olga L’expressivite dans le verbe amharique   1982 Pg. 29-43
65 Kapeliuk, Olga Particles of Concatenation and reference in Amharic Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies 1973 Pg. 272-282
66 Kapeliuk, Olga Pseudo-questions in Amharic 6th International Conference of Ethiopian Studies 14-17 April 1980 Pg. 337-341
67 Kapeliuk, Olga Reflections on the Ethio-Semitic Gerund Ethiopia in Broaders Perspective; v1   Pg. 492-498
68 Kapeliuk, Olga Review of Edward Ullendorff, A Yemenite Embasy to Ethiopia 1647-1649 Emeri Johannes van Donzel and A Tigrinya Chrestomathy   1987 Pg. 458-461
69 Kapeliuk, Olga Review of Hailu Fulass & Lionel M. Bender, Amharic Verb Morphology. A Generative Approach   1979 Pg. 397-399
70 Kapeliuk, Olga Review: Josef Hartmann’s Amharische Grammatik. Bibliotheca Orientalis 1982 3 pages
71 Kapeliuk, Olga Some Striking Similarities between Amharic and Turkish Syntax   1987 4 pages
72 Kapeliuk, Olga Sur le role de la forme relative eu Tigrigue   October 1979 Pg. 17-22
73 Kapeliuk, Olga The Ethio-Semitic Possessive Pronouns as Predicalizers in Historial Perspective Aethiopica 1 1998 Pg. 148-163
74a Kapeliuk, Olga The redundant verbs in Amharic     Pg. 33-46
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74b Kapeliuk, Olga The redundant verbs in Amharic     Pg. 33-46
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74c Kapeliuk, Olga The redundant verbs in Amharic     Pg. 33-46
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74d Kapeliuk, Olga The redundant verbs in Amharic     Pg. 33-46
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75 Kapeliuk, Olga The Relative Verb in Ethio-Semitic     7 pages
76a Kapeliuk, Olga The use of the accusative marker in Amharic     31 pages *2 copies
76b Kapeliuk, Olga The use of the accusative marker in Amharic     31 pages *2 copies
 
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77 Kapeliuk, Olga Traitement special du corps et de l’ame dans la syntaxe   1973 Pg. 143-160
78 Klingenheben, A. Zur Amharischen Poesie RSE 15 1959 16 pages
79 Language Survey of Ethiopa Directory of Ethiopian Language Specialists - Preliminary Version   December 1968 22 pages
80a Lemma, Menghistus The Technical Aspects of Amharic Versification Journal of Ethiopian Studies 1963 Pg. 133-151
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80b Lemma, Menghistus The Technical Aspects of Amharic Versification Journal of Ethiopian Studies 1963 Pg. 133-151
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81 Leslau, Wolf A la recherche de materiel linguistique en Ethiopie   1965 Pg. 241-247
82 Leslau, Wolf A Short Chronicle on the Gafat   1966 Pg. 190-198
83 Leslau, Wolf Additional Arabic loanwords in Amharic   1988 Pg. 87-109
84 Leslau, Wolf Additional Arabic loanwords In Tigre   1981 Pg. 171-198
85 Leslau, Wolf Amharic Names Name Studies 1995 Pg. 875-879
86 Leslau, Wolf Amharic Phonology Phonologies of Asia and Africa 1997 Pg. 399-430
87 Leslau, Wolf An Amharic Dictionary University of California Summer 1964 80 pages
88 Leslau, Wolf An inaugural lecture: From the Scientific investigation of the Ethiopic Languages   1959 6 pages
89 Leslau, Wolf Arabic loanwords in Amharic   1957 Pg. 221-244
90 Leslau, Wolf Arabic Loanwords in Tigrinya Journal of the American oriental Society; v76, n4 October –December 1956 Pg. 204-213
91 Leslau, Wolf Chaha (Gurage) Phonology Phonologies of Asia and Africa 1997 Pg. 373-398
92 Leslau, Wolf Ethiopic Denominators with nominal morphemes   1962 Pg. 139-175
93 Leslau, Wolf Etudes Ethiopiennes: Quelques Souvenirs Personnels   1985 Pg. 17-20
94 Leslau, Wolf Lexicography of the Semitic languages of Ethiopia An International Encyclopedia of Lexicography 1991 Pg. 2447-2456
95 Leslau, Wolf Local Participation In Language Research   1960 Pg. 40-46
96 Leslau, Wolf North Ethiopic and Amharic cognates in Tigre   1980 Pg. 1-86
97 Leslau, Wolf Outline of the Verb In Wolane (East Gurage)   1994 Pg. 141-157
98 Leslau, Wolf Quelques Dialectes du Tigrigna Journal Asiatique Janvier-Mars 1939 Pg. 61-115
99 Leslau, Wolf Sketches In Ethiopic Classification   1960 Pg. 89-107
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100 Leslau, Wolf The Ge’ez and the Arabic Vocabulary   1988 Pg. 23-38
101 Leslau, Wolf The Influence of Cushitic on the Semitic Languages of Ethiopia - A Problem of Substratum.     Pg. 59-82
102 Leslau, Wolf The Jussive in the Gurage Dialects of Muher and Masqan   1982 Pg. 85-97
103 Leslau, Wolf The liquid L in Hadiyya and in West Gurage     Pg. 231-238
104 Leslau, Wolf The Names of the Fingers in Ethiopic   1960 Pg. 388-397
105 Leslau, Wolf The Names of the Weekdays In Ethiopic Journal of Semitic Studies; v6, n1 Spring 1961 Pg. 62-70
106 Leslau, Wolf The Negative Particle ’in in Arabic and (’) an in Ethiopic   1969 Pg. 137-145
107 Leslau, Wolf The Rainbow in the Hamito-Semitic Languages Orbis 1956 Pg. 478-483
108 Leslau, Wolf Toward a History of the Amharic Vocabulary Journal of Ethiopian Studies; v5, n2 July 1964 Pg. 12-20
109 Leslau, Wolf Une hypothese sur la forme primitive du type B en Amharique   1957 Pg. 479-488
110 Limuru Conference on Amharic Language Learning PROGRAM   1977 77 pages
111 Littmann, Enno Abessinische Glossen   1908 Pg. 50-109
112 Littmann, Enno Arabische Inchriften aus Abessinien     Pg. 236-247
113 Littmann, Enno Tigrina – Texte im Dialekte von Tanben   1902 8 pages
114 Luciani, Ferdinando F. Aspesi. La Distinzione dei generi nel nome antico - egiziano e semitico   1977 Pg. 295-301
115 Mahaffy, Francis E An Outline of the Phonemics and Morphology of the Afar (Dankali) Language of Eritrea, East Africa      
116 Marrassini, P A proposito del duale nelle lingue semitiche   1975 18 pages
117 Marrassini, P I Frammenti Aramaici   1979 Pg. 35-47
118 Marrassini, P IV. Semitico E Camitosemitico Nella Linguistica Etiopica   1976 Pg. 125-130
119 Mittwoch, Eugen Exzerpte aus dem Koran in Amharischer Sprache     Pg. 111-147
120a Mittwoch, Eugen Proben aus Amharischen Volsmunde     Pg. 185-241
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120b Mittwoch, Eugen Proben aus Amharischen Volsmunde     Pg. 185-241
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121 NACAL 27 Abstracts & Information Sheet (regarding Language)   19-21 March 1999 10 pages
122 Negussie, Birgit Oral Skills and Knowledge of Languages. A Resource in Development 10th Conference of Ethiopian Studies 22-26 August 1988 13 pages
123 Palmer, F.R. Some Remarks on the Grammar and Phonology of the Compound Verbs’ in Cushitic and Ethiopian Semitic   April 1972 1 page
124 Perruchon, J Langue Amharique   1899 22 pages
125 Petrides, S. Pierre Sur l’epigraphie Ethiopienne de Langue Grecque   1966 Pg. 9-16
126 Pia, J. Joseph Multiply Tiered vocalic systems in Ethiopian Languages   1977 2 pages
127 Polotsky, H.J Amharic Minutiae     Pg. 296-306
128a Polotsky, H. J Notes on the Cleft Sentence in Tigrinna     Pg. 287-295
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128b Polotsky, H. J Notes on the Cleft Sentence in Tigrinna     Pg. 287-295
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129 Polotsky, H. J Syntaxe amharique and syntaxe turque     7 pages
130 Ricci, Lanfranco Review of Leslau, Wolf, Concise Amharic Dictionary & English-Amharic Context Dictionary. Bibliografia; v26 1978 7 pages
131 Ricci, Lanfranco Review of Thomas L. Kane, Ethiopian Literature in Amharic Rassegna di Studi Etiopici; v27 1978-79 Pg. 147-160
132 Rossini, Carlo Conti Saggio Sulla Toponomastica Dell’Eritrea Tigrina Societa Geografica Italiana; v3,n10 October 1938 Pg. 785-816
133a Rouaud, Alain De Quand Date Le Manuale D’Afa-Wraq Gabra-Iyasus? Aethiopica I 1998 Pg. 164-175
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133b Rouaud, Alain De Quand Date Le Manuale D’Afa-Wraq Gabra-Iyasus? Aethiopica I 1998 Pg. 164-175
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134 Sahle, Amanuel Tigrigna Grammar - An Outline   1981 Pg. 19-63
135 Sahle, Amanuel Tigrigna: Recent History and Development   1981 Pg. 1-29
136 Selassie, Sergrew Haile Amharic as a Literary Language Prior to 19th Century     13 pages
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137 Stevenson, R. C. Translations for Popular Use - Some Linguistic Principles with Speical Reference to Bible Translation     5 pages
138 Strelcyn, Stefen <<Incunables>> Ethiopiens   1979 Pg. 63-121
139 Strelcyn, Stefen Quelques Inscriptions Ethiopiennes sur des <<Manabart>> des Eglises de Lalibaba et de sa Region Bibliotheca Orientalis; v36,n3/4 May-July 1979 Pg. 137-156
140 Strelcyn, Stefen Un Chapitre Concernant les Maladies, D’un Lexique Arabe-Ethiopien du XVI Siecle Journal Asiatique 1980 Pg. 215-231
141 Survey of Language Use and Language Teaching In Eastern Africa Survey Grant Renewals; Progress in Language and Linguistics at Survey-Country Universities; The Buloba Language Unit v2, n4 August 1969 8 pages
142 Swiggers, P. A Comparative-Locative Particle in Amharic     Pg. 163-166
143 Tugend, Tom The Scholar of Many Tongues Jewish Journal 27 May 1994 2 pages
144 Ullendorff, Edward Along the Margins of the Tigrinya Chrestomathy   1988 Pg. 193-201
145 Ullendorff, Edward H. J. Polotsky (1905-1991): Linguistic Genius Journal of Royal Asiatic Society; v4, pt1 April 1994 Pg. 3-13
146 Ullendorff, Edward Some Amharic and other documents from the Eugen Mittvvoch Nachlass   1980 Pg. 429-452
147 Ullendorff, Edward Some Early Amharic Letters.     Pg. 229-270
148 Ullendorff, Edward Some further material from the Eugen Mittwoch Nachlass Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies; v53, pt1 1990 Pg. 64-76
149 Ullendorff, Edward The Amharic Text of the Last Two Pronouncements of Emperor Haile Selassie   1977 Pg. 201-216
150 Ullendorff, Edward & Enricoli Review of Wolf Leslau, English-Amharic Context Dictionary; Review of Taddesse Tamrat, Church and State in Ethiopia, 1270-1527     5 pages
151 Vanderlinden, J The Importance of Amharic for the Development of the Ethiopian Legal System     8 pages
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152 Voigt, Von Rainer M. Hamzah als konsonant im Amharischen   1981 Pg. 234-262
153 Voigt, Von Rainer M. Labialization and the so-called sibilant anomaly in Tigrinya Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies; v51, pt 3 1988 Pg. 525-536
154 Wajnber, I. Researches In Tigrina Quadriliterals of Phonetic Origins   1937 Pg. 1-29
155 Wendt, Kurt Amharische Geschichte Eines Emirs von Harar in XVI. Jahrhundert Orientalia; v4
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156 Wijnman, H.F An Outline of the Development of Ethiopian Typography In Europe   1960 10 pages
157 Wright, Stephen The Transliteration of Amharic Journal of Ethiopian Studies; v2, n1 January 1964 Pg. 1-10
158   Amharic Grammar- Clauses     Pg. 1-137
159   Amharic Grammar Notes     32 pages
160   Amharic LA Peter Norton Computing, Inc. 1990 3 pages
161   Conjunctions combined only with the perfect     2 pgs
162   Documenti Amarina. Nota del Souo I. Guidi Filologia   Pg. 285-300
163   Letterature Etiopica Le Civilta Dell’ Oriente 1957 32 pages
164a   “Medial Laryngal”     11 pages *2 copies
164b   “Medial Laryngal”     11 pages *2 copies
165   Monotype Amharic: Series No. 599   1 page
166   Positional Relations (for Learning Amharic)     40 pages
167   Proofreaders Markers     1 page
168   Some Observations on Dirayta (Gidole) Pronouns 6th International Conference on Ethiopian Studies April 1980 16 pages
169   Some Problems of dealing with an Underdeveloped Language     16 pages
170   Une Experience nouvelle en Afrique   1981 1 page