North American Conference on Afroasiatic Linguistics
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North American Conference on Afroasiatic Linguistics (NACAL) is a yearly academic conference addressing the Afroasiatic languages. The conference has been held since 1973. Prominent participants have included Lionel Bender
, Wolf Leslau
, and Alan S. Kaye.
Lionel Bender (linguist)
Marvin Lionel Bender was an American author and co-author of several books, publications and essays regarding African languages, particularly from Ethiopia and Sudan. He retired from Southern Illinois University Carbondale. He did extensive work in all four language families of Ethiopia: Semitic,...
, Wolf Leslau
Wolf Leslau
Wolf Leslau ]] November 18, 2006) was a scholar of Semitic languages and one of the foremost authorities on Semitic languages of Ethiopia.-Youth and Education:Leslau was born in Krzepice, a small town near Częstochowa, Poland...
, and Alan S. Kaye.