Wolf Leslau
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Born January 1, 1906
Died January 1, 2006 (100 years old)
Also known as: וולף לסלאו
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Scholar of Semitic languages and one of the foremost authorities on Semitic languages of Ethiopia.
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Concise dictionary of Ge⁽ez (classical Ethiopic)
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Comparative Dictionary of Ge<ez (Classical Ethiopic) Ge'ez-English I English-Ge'ez with an index of the Semitic roots by Wolf Leslau 1991 OTTO HAR RASSOW ITZ . WIESBADEN INTRODUCTION Geez is .t~e cla~sl ca l language of Ethiopia and belongs to the Sem1\lc language family. The other Semlllc.EthlOplan languages are Tigre and Tignnya (known as North Ethioplc), Amhanc (the national language of Et hIo pia), Argobba, Ha ran, Gafat, and Gurage (called South EthlOplC). Although Geez ceased to be spoken in the twelfth or thirteenth century. It has