A Grammar Of Khimtanga

This thesis describes the grammar of Khimt‟anga and provides an exhaustive analysis ofrnits structure. Khimt‟anga is a little-documented Central Cushitic language spoken by overrn199,556 native speakers in the northern part of Ethiopia; but there has been little research onrnthe language. The study employs both elicitations and oral texts to collect linguistic data. Tornthis end, the phonology, morphology and syntax of Khmt‟anga have been described based onrnthe target language itself. In the phonology part, 33 consonant and 7 vowel phonemes arernidentified. The geminates, the consonant clusters, the syllable structure and thernmorphophonemic processes are discussed. The morphological description focuses on an indepthrninvestigation of both derivation and inflection grammatical aspects of the language.rnEventually, in the syntax part, the word order, the phrase structure, simple and comparativernsentences, and a complex clause that contains one or more subordinate clause(s) and a mainrn(or matrix) clause are all described.

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