> I'm just reporting what Gene Gragg here at the Oriental Institute
> told me. He works on precisely Afro-Asiatic linguistics,
> especially Southern Semitic languages like Ge'ez, and Cushitic
> and Omotic languages. Like I said, I don't know the details behind
> the argument. (He also teaches courses on Hurrian, which is the
> context in which I got to know him best.) I can email him for the
> details if you like.
>
> Here's his website:
> <
http://humanities.uchicago.edu/depts/nelc/facultypages/gragg/index.html>