RECONSTRUCTING A CULTURAL LEXICON FOR PRE-HISTORY: BERBER ZOONYMS OF AFRASIAN (AFRO-ASIATIC) ORIGIN

Abstract

The paper contains 63 common Berber zoonyms denoting domesticated and wild animals and their cognates in various branches of the Afrasian (Afro-Asiatic, Afroasiatic, Semito–Hamitic) macro–family including reconstructed proto-forms for each branch and the macro-family. The research is based on the classical comparative and historical method relying on the established sound correspondences between the languages of every taxon.