Talk:Proto-Cushitic language

Moved page

Moved article from Proto Cushitic Riminerw (talk) 20:04, 19 July 2024 (UTC)

@Riminerw: It was a good idea not to change the redirect target again to Proto-Afroasiatic homeland (section §Northeast African homeland theory). That article does not mention the reconstructed Proto-Cushitic language even once, and only talks about Proto-Cushitic speakers in one sentence. It also doesn't mention the Cushitic homeland, which is a topic that is tied to Proto-Cushitic, although it represents a different topic. Proto-Afroasiatic and Proto-Cushitic are quite different things; if Proto-Cushitic hadn't had innovative features that were not present in Proto-Afroasiatic, there would be no Cushitic language family.

Let's see whether it is a good idea to shape Proto-Cushitic language into a standalone article. You should be aware that there is still not much reconstructive material avaible except for Zaborski's and Ehret's work, both of which are difficult to make use of for different reasons. Most reconstructive work so far has been put into the proto-languages of the individual subbranches. But sure, with some effort, we might be able to say at least more than the little paragraph on Cushitic languages#Reconstruction. It's however important that there hardly any secondary sources about the topic. And let's see what the future brings. –Austronesier (talk) 10:13, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

Al-Masudi mentions Beja people by name. It’s primary source Riminerw (talk) 17:01, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

Draft?

As it stands, this article really screams draft to me, & I think it might be best to move it to draftspace until a provisionally stable-ish version is complete. At present, there are unwritten sections & it looks like the sections that are written need a little work to reach consensus. At a minimum, I think using the Under construction template might be advisable. Pathawi (talk) 02:07, 21 July 2024 (UTC)