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The beginnings of ethnohistory in western Wellegga: the Mao problem
Patterns in language, culture, and society: Sub-Saharan Africa • (19) • Published In 1975 • Pages: 125-141
By: Bender, M. Lionel (Marvin Lionel).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document represents the first systematic attempt to establish the phylogeny of the different language groups spoken by the Mao peoples. The discussion begins by acknowledging the problematic nature of the task because some of the Mao groups (e.g. Anfillo) show clear affinity with Omotic languages, while the languages of "Northern Mao" belong to the Nilo-Saharan linguistic family. The author ventures to resolve this paradox by drawing on written and oral sources regarding inter-ethnic relations in the wider region, while emphasizing the need for more data on different Mao groups and the processes that shaped their spatial distribution over time.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Linguistic identification
- Grammar
- Inter-ethnic relations
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Historical reconstruction
- Numeration
- Organization and analysis of results of research
- Identification
- Location
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Mao
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2019
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Eastern Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Linguist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Teferi Abate Adem; 2018
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1968-1970, 1973-1975
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1960-1975
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Benishangul-Gumuz region, and West Wellega zone, Oromia region, Ethiopia
- NotesAdditional notes
- M. L. Bender
- Includes bibliographical references (p.140-141)
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Ethnology--Ethiopia