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The Hamitic languages comprise one branch of the Afro-Asiatic family of languages. Languages on this page so far are Berber Languages, Coptic, Egyptian, Hausa, and Tamazight.
updated 8-8-2003 The Berber languages (Afro-Asiatic) comprise one sub-branch of the Hamitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic family of languages. The following are Berber languages: Guanche, Kabyle, Libyan, Riffian, Shawia, Taselhait, Tamazight, and Tuareg. Except for Guanche, these are all spoken in north Africa; Guanche is spoken in the Canary Islands. 780.96 The Garland handbook of African music. -- [S.l.] : G2332 Garland, 2000 RID: 99-40652 ITEM #: afi00021 401.43 Tenny, Carol T312a Aspectual roles and the syntax-semantics interface. -- [S.l.] : Kluwer Academic, 1994 RID: 94-15056 ITEM #: dut00124 Berber Languages
updated 2-4-2002 Coptic (Afro-Asiatic) is a late development, linguistically speaking, within the Egyptian sub-branch of the Hamitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic family of languages. It is also the language of the Coptic Christian Church. 493.2 Crum, Walter Ewing, 1865-1944, ed. and tr. C956k Koptische Rechtsurkunder ... RID: ITEM #: cop00001 229.8 Gospel of Thomas. Coptic (Sahidic). 1959. B582g The Gospel according to Thomas RID: 59-4875 ITEM #: cop00002 909.4 Rome reborn / edited by Anthony Grafton. - Washington : X Library of Congress, 1993 R763 RID: 92-33013 ITEM #: chi00221 299.932 Turner, John Douglas T948b The Book of Thomas the Contender ... RID: 75-22446 ITEM #: cop00003 Coptic
updated 1-29-2002 Egyptian (Afro-Asiatic) comprises the Egyptian sub-branch of the Hamitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic family of languages. Egyptian was the ancient language of the country of Egypt; it was written in 3 different writing systems : Hieroglyphic, Hieratic, and Demotic. Today, Egyptian people speak Arabic (in its Egyptian dialect), which is written with the Arabic alphabet. 493.1 Albright, William Foxwell, 1891- A342v The vocalization of the Egyptian ... RID: wln86-108920 ITEM #: egy00001 893.1 Amen-em-apt A511t The teaching of Amen-em-apt, son of Kanekht. -- London : RID: 25-3342 ITEM #: egy00020 893.1 Baikie, James, 1866- B152e Egyptian papyri and papyrus-hunting. -- London : RID: 26-26270 ITEM #: egy00021 355.00932 Benson, Douglas S B474a Ancient Egypt's warfare : a survey of armed conflict in the chronology of ancient Egypt, 1600 - 30 BC. -- Chicago, Ill. : D. Benson, 1995 RID: wln95-54874 ITEM #: egy00024 492.779 Birkeland, Harris, 1904- B619g Growth and structure of the Egyptian Arabic dialect. -- Oslo : I Kommisjon hos J. Dybwad, 1952 RID: a56-550 ITEM #: egy00002 893.1 Book of the dead B724 The Book of the dead. -- New Hyde Park, N.Y. : 1960 RID: 60-12165 ITEM #: egy00022 932 Bradford, Ernle Dusgate Selby C628Zb Cleopatra. - New York : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1972 Egyptian in illustrations. RID: 73-153683 ITEM #: egy00027 302.222 Bruce-Mitford, Miranda B887i The illustrated book of signs & symbols. - [S.l.] : DK Pub., 1996 RID: 96-216700 ITEM #: heb00095 Q Buck, Adriaan de, 1892-1959, ed. 493.1 Egyptian reading book B922e 1970 RID: --- ITEM #: egy00003 299.31 David, A. Rosalie (Ann Rosalie) D249g A guide to religious ritual at Abydos. -- Warminster, Wilts., England : Aris & Phillips, 1981 Has Egyptian in "Notes." RID: 81-169364 ITEM #: egy00025 930.003 Encyclopedia of the Ancient World / editor, Sharon Grimbly. E5647 -- Chicago, Ill. : Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, 2000 RID: --- ITEM #: myn00019 493.1 Erman, Adolf, 1854-1937 E71n Neuagyptische Grammatik 1968 RID: wln86-109010 ITEM #: egy00004 493.1 Erman, Adolf, 1854-1937, ed. E71w Worterbuch der aegyptischen Sprache Ref. RID: wln88-365072 ITEM #: egy00005 893.1 Foster, John L. (John Lawrence), 1930- , comp. F7556L Love songs of the New Kingdom / illustrated with hieroglyphs drawn by the translator and with paintings from Egyptian tombs by Nina M. Davies. - New York : Scribner, 1974 RID: 73-19274 ITEM #: egy00028 493.1 Goedicke, Hans G594r The report about the dispute of a man ... RID: 70-131472 ITEM #: egy00006 493.1 Goedicke, Hans G594re The report of Wenamun RID: 74-6823 ITEM #: egy00007 492.779 Harrell, Richard S H296p The phonology of colloquial Egyptian Arabic RID: 57-14928 ITEM #: egy00008 493.1 Horapollo H811h The Hieroglyphics ... RID: 50-7884 ITEM #: egy00009 810.915 Irwin, John T I72am American hieroglyphics : the symbol of the Egyptian hieroglyphics in the American Renaissance. -- New Haven : Yale University Press, 1980 RID: 80-130 ITEM #: egy00023 492.779 Mitchell, T. F. M682i An introduction to Egyptian colloquial Arabic RID: 56-14549 ITEM #: egy00010 Q Mythological papyri 299.31 M999 RID: 58-697 ITEM #: egy00011 811.009846 Nielsen, Aldon Lynn N6691b Black chant. - [S.l.] : Cambridge University Press, 1997 RID: 96-12762 ITEM #: egy00029 495.05 Orientalia O69 RID: 45-44053 ITEM #: egy00012 610.932 Papyrus Ebers. English P218.Eb The papyrus Ebers : oldest medical book in the world / translated from the German version by Cyril P. Bryan ; with an introd. by G. Elliot Smith. -- Chesapeake, N.Y. : ECA Associates, 1990 Includes Egyptian passages. RID: --- ITEM #: egy00026 Q Piankoff, Alexandre, comp. 299.31 The wandering of the soul P581w RID: 71-166396 ITEM #: egy00013 417.7 Pope, Maurice P826s The story of archaeological decipherment RID: 74-29437 ITEM #: egy00014 Q Pyramid texts. 299.31 The pyramid of Unas P998p RID: 65-26216 ITEM #: egy00015 909.4 Rome reborn : the Vatican Library and Renaissance X culture / edited by Anthony Grafton. - R763 Washington : Library of Congress, 1993 RID: 92-33013 ITEM #: chi00221 495.65 Sekai no naka no Nihongo / henshu komon, Doi Tadao, S463 Morimatsu Yoshiaki. -- Tokyo : Heibonsha, 1965 RID: wln96-52460 ITEM #: gre00237 493.1 Sethe, Kurt Heinrich, 1869-1934 S495a Agyptische Lesestucke ... 1928 RID: wln86-108143 ITEM #: egy00016 Q The Shrines of Tut-Ankh-Amen 299.31 S561 RID: 55-2997 ITEM #: egy00017 932.01 Silverberg, Robert A511Zs Akhnaten, the rebel pharaoh. - Philadelphia : Chilton Books, 1964 Has Egyptian in illustrations. RID: 64-16520 ITEM #: egy00030 Q The Tomb of Ramesses VI 299.31 T656 RID: 54-5646 ITEM #: egy00018 493.1 Wilkinson, Richard H. W687r Reading Egyptian art : a hieroglyphic guide Ref. to ancient Egyptian painting and sculpture. -- New York : Thames and Hudson, 1992. RID: 91-67312 ITEM #: egy00019 704.9460932 Wilkinson, Richard H W687s Symbol & magic in Egyptian art. - New York : Thames and Hudson, 1994 RID: 93-60424 ITEM #: egy00031 Egyptian
updated 4-29-2003 Hausa (Afro-Asiatic), also spelled Haussa, belongs to the Chadic sub-branch of the Hamitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic family of languages. Hausa is spoken in Nigeria, and also in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, and Togo. 780.96 The Garland handbook of African music. -- [S.l.] : G2332 Garland, 2000 RID: 99-40652 ITEM #: afi00021 305.488937 Hausa women in the twentieth century / edited by Catherine H376 Coles and Beverly Mack. -- Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, 1991 RID: 91-14182 ITEM #: ara00042 ED Wills, Dorothy Davis 1.310/2: A language of families : English, Hausa and Wolof. 250947 -- Austin, Tex. : Southwest Educational Development Documents Laboratory, 1981 Microfiche RID: --- (Dynix BIB: 470276) ITEM #: hau00001 Hausa
updated 9-6-2002 Tamazight (Afro-Asiatic), variously spelled and also called Central Shilha, belongs to the Berber sub-branch of the Hamitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic family of languages. Tamazight is spoken in Algeria and Morocco. Largely an oral language, some Tamazight poetry written in Arabic script has been collected and published. 493.3 Abdel-Massih, Ernest T A135t Tamazight verb structure RID: 72-633892 ITEM #: taz00001 Tamazight
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