Small languages and small language communities 27: An ethiopian language on the verge of extinction: K'emant, a preliminary sociolinguistic survey

International Journal of the Sociology of Language

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 69-84

  Leyew, Zelealem ^a  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

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EID: 84937180211     PISSN: 01652516     EISSN: 16133668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/ijsl.1998.134.69     Document Type: Article

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