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[QUOTE]Originally posted by The Explorer: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Please call me MIDOGBE: The Explorer, alTakruri, Djehuti: In regard to your discussion about renaming Afrasian, (apparently White) French West Indian Egyptologist Alain Anselin and his team now use the term "Ethio-Tchadic" to refer to this phylum, on the basis of a proposal once made by Somalian linguist M. Diriye Abdullahi. [/QUOTE]Midogbe, the problem I instantly see in that term, is that it assumes "Ethiopia" to be the place of origin for Afrasan, or presumably that it emerged amongst populations that now make up the modern nation of Ethiopia. While it is certainly plausible, it is not unequivocally so in all cases, especially where examination of sub-phyla is concerned. Some theorize that it could well have also emerged in the Sahara, before diversifying further in areas further south. I also understand that the "Ethio" in "Ethio-Tchadic" would have presumably accounted for the Semitic branch as well, which I imagine, the author assumes emerged in Ethiopian populations; but what about a phylum like say "Berber"/Tamazight, which is virtually absent amongst Ethiopian populations, or say, the defunct Ancient Egyptian? Neither of the latter are known to have been spoken amongst Ethiopian populations, or belong to the Chadic sub-phylum. While it is certainly plausible that proto-Afrasan ultimately emerged amongst the ancestors of groups that now make up Ethiopia, and on that premise, a descriptive of "Ethio" would have been reasonably appropriate, it can't be helped but to see that the descriptive "Ethio-Tchadic" also takes into account the Chadic, which is an Afrasan [b]sub[/b]-phylum, but not necessarily the likes of Tamazight and Ancient Egyptian, which too, are Afrasan sub-phyla. By doing so, the "Ethio-Tchadic" descriptive assumes the sub-phylum to not be of Ethiopian origin, but doesn't give the same treatment to the other aforementioned [b]sub[/b]-phyla, which too, are not deemed to be of Ethiopian origin. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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