Review of ‘Girma A. Demeke. 2013. Amharic-Argobba Dictionary / አማርኛ አርጎብኛ መዝገበ ቃላት። Trenton: The Red Sea Press' (original) (raw)

The review analyzes "Amharic-Argobba Dictionary" by Girma A. Demeke, highlighting its significance for understanding the linguistic relationship between Amharic and Argobba, a language previously considered a dialect. The dictionary serves as a bilingual resource for Amharic speakers, containing approximately 4,600 entries and various appendices that contribute to Ethio-Semitic studies. Despite its merits, the dictionary lacks IPA transcription and a comprehensive comparative analysis with older works on Argobba, which might yield further insights into its lexical evolution.