A Preliminary Study of the Practices of Personal Naming in Konso
This article presents the personal naming practices in Konso, a Cushitic-speaking people in southwest Ethiopia. Personal naming in Konso can be formal or informal. Formal personal names are given during a ceremony called sookata, while informal names are given either before or after the sookata cere...
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| Language: | English |
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Università degli Studi di Torino
2016-05-01
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| Series: | Kervan. International Journal of Afro-Asiatic Studies |
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| Online Access: | http://www.ojs.unito.it/index.php/kervan/article/view/1674 |