This page provides an introductory bibliography to key scholarly works in the field of Afro-Asiatic linguistics, especially its historical reconstruction, subclassification, and the state of Proto-Afro-Asiatic. It also includes publications on the history of the field and state of the art essays on various branches and languages of the language family.
Semitic Linguistics
Bibliography
- Suchard 2021 – Benjamin Suchard, “The Reconstruction of the Proto-Semitic Genitive Ending and a Suggestion on Its Origin,” Studia Orientalia Electronica 9, no. 1 (2021), 66-82.
- Huehnergard and Pat-El 2019 – John Huehnergard and Na’ama Pat-El, eds. The Semitic Languages, 2nd edition. Abingdon/New York: Routledge, 2019.
- Huehnergard 2011 – John Huehnergard, “Proto-Semitic Language & Culture.” In The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language. Boston/New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011. Pp. 2066-2069.
- Weninger 2011 – Stefan Weninger, ed., The Semitic Languages: An International Handbook. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2011.
- Huehnergard 2006 – John Huehnergard, “Proto-Semitic and Proto-Akkadian.” In The Akkadian Language in Its Semitic Context: Studies in the Akkadian of the Third and Second Millennium BC. Leiden: Nederlands Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten, 2006. Pp. 1-18.
Egyptian Linguistics
- Bibliography forthcoming.
Berber Linguistics
- Bibliography forthcoming.
Cushitic Linguistics
- Bibliography forthcoming.
Chadic Linguistics
- Bibliography forthcoming.
Omotic Linguistics
- Bibliography forthcoming.
Comparative Reconstruction
Bibliography
- Huehnergard 2023 – John Huehnergard, “Proto-Semitic and Egyptian,” in Ancient Egyptian and Afroasiatic: Rethinking the Origins (University Park, PA: Eisenbrauns, 2023), pp. 139-160.
- Kossmann and Suchard 2018 – Maarten Kossmann and Benjamin D. Suchard, “A reconstruction of the system of verb aspects in proto-Berbero-Semitic,” Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies 81, no. 1 (2018), 41-56.
- Van Putten 2018 – Marijn Van Putten, “The feminine endings *-ay and *-āy in Semitic and Berber,” BSOAS 81/2 (2018), pp. 205-225.
- Further bibliography forthcoming.