Description:Cushitic Lexicon and Phonology contains a concise
reconstruction of lexical and phonological proto-forms for various
stages in the development of Cushitic languages, the largest branch
within the Afrasian (Afro-Asiatic) phylum. It is based methodologically
on the comparative method of historical linguistics, using sound
correspondences as major device for the identification of cognates. This
almost-finished study was left by the author upon his untimely death in
2008 and was typographically reworked by the editor.