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Proverbium : Yearbook of International Proverb Scholarship, Vol. 31 No. 1, 2014.

Book review

Mesfin Wodajo. Functions and Formal Stylistic Features of Kafa Proverbs. (Saarbrücken: 2012) – (Peter Unseth)

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Abstract

Functions and Formal Stylistic Features of Kafa Proverbs. By Mesfin Wodajo. Saarbrücken, Germany: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing Group, 2012. Pp. 112.

This collection and study of 130 Ethiopian proverbs is welcome as the very first publication analyzing the proverbs from a language of the Omotic language family. The only other proverb publication from Omotic is a collection of Wolaitta proverbs translated into Amharic, Wolaytäto Lemsuwa by Getachew and Tsägaye (1987 Ethiopian calendar).

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Publication date:

31.8.2014.

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