Biography

Scholar of Semitic languages and one of the foremost authorities on Semitic languages of Ethiopia.

Books by Wolf Leslau

The verb in Mäsqan as compared with other Gurage dialects
The verb in Mäsqan as compared with other Gurage dialects
2004
Amharic Cultural Reader (Amharic Edition)
Amharic Cultural Reader (Amharic Edition)
2001
The Jews of Ethiopia
The Jews of Ethiopia
2001
Introductory grammar of Amharic
Introductory grammar of Amharic
2000
Athiopistische Forschungen, Bd. 51: Zway Ethiopic documents - grammar and dictionary
Athiopistische Forschungen, Bd. 51: Zway Ethiopic documents - grammar and dictionary
1999
Zway Ethiopic documents
Zway Ethiopic documents
1999
Comparative Dictionary of Ge'Ez
Comparative Dictionary of Ge'Ez
1997
Ethiopic documents
Ethiopic documents
1997
Essays on Gurage Language and Culture: Didacted to Wolf Leslau. on the Occasion of His Ninetieth Birthday November 14th, 1996
Essays on Gurage Language and Culture: Didacted to Wolf Leslau. on the Occasion of His Ninetieth Birthday November 14th, 1996
1996
African love poems and proverbs
African love poems and proverbs
1995
Reference grammar of Amharic
Reference grammar of Amharic
1995
Amharic Dictionary
Amharic Dictionary
1993
Gurage studies
Gurage studies
1992
Semitic studies
Semitic studies
1991
Arabic loanwords in Ethiopian Semitic
Arabic loanwords in Ethiopian Semitic
1990
Concise dictionary of Ge⁽ez (classical Ethiopic)
Concise dictionary of Ge⁽ez (classical Ethiopic)
1989
Junior great books -- Series 3, volume two
Junior great books -- Series 3, volume two
1984
Gurage folklore
Gurage folklore
1982
North Ethiopic and Amharic cog
North Ethiopic and Amharic cognates in Tigre
1982
Etymological dictionary of Gur
Etymological dictionary of Gurage (Ethiopic)
1979
Concise Amharic dictionary
Concise Amharic dictionary
1976
English-Amharic context dictionary
English-Amharic context dictionary
1973
Hebrew cognates in Amharic
Hebrew cognates in Amharic
1969
Amharic textbook ...
Amharic textbook ...
1968
Three addresses to His Imperia
Three addresses to His Imperial Majesty, Haile Sellassie First
1968
Characteristics of the Ethiopi
Characteristics of the Ethiopic language group of Semitic languages
1966
Ethiopian argots
Ethiopian argots
1964
Etymological dictionary of Har
Etymological dictionary of Harari
1963
A dictionary of Moča (southwes
A dictionary of Moča (southwestern Ethiopia)
1959
Ethiopic and South Arabic contributions to the Hebrew lexicon
Ethiopic and South Arabic contributions to the Hebrew lexicon
1958
The verb in Harari
The verb in Harari
1958
Coutumes et croyances des Fala
Coutumes et croyances des Falachas (juifs d'Abyssinie)
1957
Etude descriptive et comparati
Etude descriptive et comparative du gafat
1956
The scientific investigation of the Ethiopic languages
The scientific investigation of the Ethiopic languages
1956
Falasha Anthology (Judaica)
Falasha Anthology (Judaica)
1951
Ethiopic documents: Gurage
Ethiopic documents: Gurage
1950
The Fire on the Mountain ; and
The Fire on the Mountain ; and other Etheiopian Stories
1950
Bibliography of the Semitic la
Bibliography of the Semitic languages of Ethiopia
1946
Modern South Arabic languages
Modern South Arabic languages
1946
Short grammar of Tigré
Short grammar of Tigré
1945
The land of Prester John
The land of Prester John
1944
Documents Tigrigna
Documents Tigrigna
1941
Contributions à l'étude du har
Contributions à l'étude du harari (Abyssinie méridionale) ...
1938
Lexique soqotri (sudarabique m
Lexique soqotri (sudarabique moderne)
1938
Ethiopians speak
Ethiopians speak
1900
Athiopistische Forschungen, Bd
Athiopistische Forschungen, Bd. 63: The verb in M asqan as compared with other Gurage dialects